Ripples in Spacetime : : Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy / / Govert Schilling.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Schilling, Govert,
• MitwirkendeR: Rees, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.) :; 25 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Introduction --; 1. A Spacetime Appetizer --; 2. Relatively Speaking --; 3. Einstein on Trial --; 4. Wave Talk and Bar Fights --; 5. The Lives of Stars --; 6. Clockwork Precision --; 7. Laser Quest --; 8. The Path to Perfection --; 9. Creation Stories --; 10. Cold Case --; 11. Gotcha --; 12. Black Magic --; 13. Nanoscience --; 14. Follow-Up Questions --; 15. Space Invaders --; 16. Surf’s Up for Einstein Wave Astronomy --; Notes and Further Reading --; Acknowledgments --; Illustration Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674981126; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674981126
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Govert Schilling.

The detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—has already been called the scientific coup of this century. Govert Schilling recounts the struggles that threatened to derail the quest and describes the detector’s astounding precision, weaving far-reaching discoveries about the universe into a gripping story of ambition and perseverance.