The Recycled Universe: Black Holes, Quasars and a New Model of Galaxy Evolution

After a half-century of serious investigation, scientists are still pretty much in the dark on the inner workings of black holes—and all but clueless on the subject of quasars. All that can be said about either of these is that they are both very compact objects in space, containing enormous amounts of energy. Nonetheless, given the similarities in size and energy content; it would seem very probable that there must be some connection between black holes and quasars. Are these actually two sides of the same coin; one sucking it up—while the other spits it out?
Another factor in ongoing research is just how, exactly, do these objects fit into any evolutionary model? Using more sophisticated and varied imaging devices, a whole new perception of galactic evolution is beginning to emerge. Scientists have recently began to detect an evolutionary pattern that follows a continuum that begins with quasars developing into spiral type galaxies; finally ending their days as ancient, dying elliptical galaxies. However, despite all of the up-to-date data available today; cosmologists have yet to pull all of these pieces of the puzzle together into one coherent cosmological big picture. “The Recycled Universe” is the first book to actually assemble all of these pieces together into a new, and very compelling model of galactic evolution.