Traveling at the Speed of Thought : : Einstein and the Quest for Gravitational Waves / / Daniel Kennefick.
Since Einstein first described them nearly a century ago, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics. These as yet undetected fluctuations in the shape of space-time were first predicted by Einstein's general theory of re...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 20 halftones. 20 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- 1. The Gravitational Wave Analogy
- 2. The Prehistory of Gravitational Waves
- 3. The Origins of Gravitational Waves
- 4. The Speed of Thought
- 5. Do Gravitational Waves Exist?
- 6. Gravitational Waves and the Renaissance of General Relativity
- 7. Debating the Analogy
- 8. The Problem of Motion
- 9. Portrait of the Skeptics
- 10. On the Verge of Detection
- 11. The Quadrupole Formula Controversy
- 12. Keeping Up with the Speed of Thought
- Appendix A. The Referee's Report
- Appendix B. Interviews and Other New Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index