Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy / Govert Schilling...
Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy / Govert Schilling...
Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy / Govert Schilling.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/5484
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English
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xi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- 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 -- Nanoscience -- Follow-up questions -- Space...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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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 now. Decades in the making, this momentous discovery has given scientists a new understanding of the ca...
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Ripples in spacetime : Einstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy / Govert Schilling.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-319) and index.
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G 2017/5484
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74VKVgyl3gEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyl3gEZ
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0674971663 (alkaline paper)
9780674971660 (alkaline paper)
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539.754
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991024148785602626
