PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Francoise Combes is an astrophysicist at Paris Observatory, working on galaxy formation and evolution, on dark matter models and active galactic nuclei. She has been a Professor at College de France since 2014, and a member of the French Academy of Sciences since 2004. She has been an editor for Astronomy & Astrophysics since 2003. She has received the Gold Medal of CNRS in 2020, and the L’Oreal-Unesco International award for women in Science in 2021.
The field of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is rapidly evolving. Starting from the properties of the central engine in the 1960s, it now includes topics like the mutual interaction between black holes (BHs) and their host galaxies, the parallel evolution of BHs and galaxies, BH formation, and more. It is therefore justified to devote an entire five-chapter book to describe only one or two aspects of this large area of research. This is the intention of the new book by Françoise Combes, a well-known expert in the field, who chose to devote her book to fuelling and feedback in AGN. The feeding and feedback parts clearly justify the writing of the book. They are full of useful up-to-date information including many colour illustrations that help readers find their way in this complex and rather messy area of research. Hagai Netzer, The Observatory, October 2022 -- Hagai Netzer * The Observatory *
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