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The Sound of the Cosmos
- Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Engelsk Hardback
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The Sound of the Cosmos
- Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Engelsk Hardback

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The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.

In 2016, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations made headlines when they announced the detection of gravitational waves—a century after Albert Einstein first predicted their existence with his general theory of relativity. With unprecedented perspective as physicists at the forefront of this discovery, Mario Díaz, Gabriela González, and Jorge Pullin provide a comprehensive and accessible account of the quest to find gravitational waves, their controversial history, and the efforts that culminated with their detection and a Nobel Prize in Physics.


The Sounds of the Cosmos vividly narrates contributions from the ancient Greeks through Einstein, in addition to the breakthroughs of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the discovery of the Hulse-Taylor binary star system (the first of its kind ever observed) and the technology behind gravitational wave detectors. The authors'' fusion of meticulous research and accessible prose makes this book an indispensable resource for the scientifically curious, lending astonishing new context to the revelation that we can “hear” the cosmos through gravitational waves. Written with exceptional historical and conceptual insight, this is a definitive and dazzling journey through “the eternal quest of humankind to understand the universe.”
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780262544948
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0262544946
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Udg. Dato:
28 feb 2023
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
236mm
Højde:
156mm
Forlag:
MIT Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
28 feb 2023
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