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A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong by Becky Smethurst is a popular science book about one of astrophysics most misunderstood subjects. Smethurst, an astrophysicist and science communicator whose research concerns galaxies and their central supermassive black holes, presents black holes through both scientific history and modern observation. The book explains how ideas about collapsed stars, gravity, light, event horizons, and galactic centers developed into the contemporary picture of black holes. Its purpose is not only to introduce the physics, but also to correct persistent misconceptions created by simplified diagrams, science fiction, and dramatic popular language. Smethurst writes for general readers rather than specialists, using accessible explanations to connect stellar evolution, relativity, radiation, accretion, and astronomical imaging. The result is a concise account of what black holes are, how scientists know they exist, why they matter to galaxies, and why many familiar assumptions about them are misleading.