Einstein Was Right : : The Science and History of Gravitational Waves /

Einstein Was Right : : The Science and History of Gravitational Waves / / ed. by Jed Z. Buchwald.

A compelling interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational wavesIn 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by the movement of large masses—as part of the theory of general relativity. A century later, rese...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
MitwirkendeR:
Barish, Barry C.,
Buchwald, Diana K.,
Buonanno, Alessandra,
Collins, Harry,
Howard, Don,
Kennefick, Daniel,
Kormos Buchwald, Diana,
Renn, Jürgen,
Sauer, Tilman,
Thorne, Kip S.,
HerausgeberIn:
Buchwald, Jed Z.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 16 color + 51 b/w illus. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Quest for (and Discovery of) Gravitational Waves
  • 3 One Hundred Years of Relativity
  • 4 The New Era of Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics
  • 5 The Wagers of Science
  • 6 The Genesis and Transformation of General Relativity
  • 7 The Detection of Gravitational Waves
  • 8 Einstein at Caltech
  • 9 How General Relativity Shaped Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science
  • Notes
  • References
  • The Contributors
  • Index

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