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

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

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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
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Foreword --   |t Introduction --   |t 1. A Spacetime Appetizer --   |t 2. Relatively Speaking --   |t 3. Einstein on Trial --   |t 4. Wave Talk and Bar Fights --   |t 5. The Lives of Stars --   |t 6. Clockwork Precision --   |t 7. Laser Quest --   |t 8. The Path to Perfection --   |t 9. Creation Stories --   |t 10. Cold Case --   |t 11. Gotcha --   |t 12. Black Magic --   |t 13. Nanoscience --   |t 14. Follow-Up Questions --   |t 15. Space Invaders --   |t 16. Surf’s Up for Einstein Wave Astronomy --   |t Notes and Further Reading --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Illustration Credits --   |t Index 
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