Black hole blues: and other songs from outer space
"In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the story of the search, over the last fifty years...
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| Summary: | "In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the story of the search, over the last fifty years, for these elusive waves...a quest that has culminated in the creation of the most expensive project ever funded by the National Science Foundation ($1 billion-plus). She makes clear the how the waves are created in the cosmic collision of black holes, and why the waves can never be detected by telescope. And, most revealingly, she delves into the lives and fates of the four scientists currently engaged in...and obsessed with...discerning this soundtrack of the universe's history. Levin's account of the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks of this unfolding story provides us with a uniquely compelling and intimate portrait of the people and processes of modern science"... |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index |
| Physical Description: | 241 pages 22 cm |
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BLACK HOLE BLUES (AND OTHER SONGS FROM OUTER SPACE)
/ LEVIN, JANNA [AUTHOR]
: 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
WHEN BLACK HOLES COLLIDE
HIGH FIDELITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
CULTURE SHOCK
JOE WEBER
PROTOTYPES
THE TROIKA
THE CLIMB
WEBER AND TRIMBLE
LHO
SKUNKWORKS
GAMBLING
RASHOMON
LLO
LITTLE CAVE ON FIGUEROA
THE RACE IS ON
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT. |
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