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Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy

text Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy

Summary
It has already been called the scientific breakthrough of the century: the detection of gravitational waves. Einstein predicted these tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime nearly a hundred years ago, but they were never perceived directly until ... Read more
Contents
A spacetime appetizer -- Relatively speaking -- Einstein on trial -- Wave talk and bar fights -- The lives of stars -- Clockwork precision -- Laser quest -- The path to perfection -- Creation stories -- Cold case -- Gotcha -- Black magic -- Nanosc... Read more
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xi, 339 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 539.7 SCH in Adult Non-fiction Available

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