Einstein was right : the science and history of gravitational waves /

A compelling interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational waves in 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves--ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by the movement of large masses--as part of the theory of general relativity. A century later, r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Buchwald, Jed Z. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Gravitational waves.
Ondes gravitationnelles.
SCIENCE > Physics > Relativity.
Gravitational waves
Caltech.
Einstein's miracle year.
Interstellar movie.
Isaac Newton.
Newton.
Newton's law.
Rai Weiss.
VIRGO observatory.
Zeeman effect.
annus mirabilis.
big bang.
binary merger.
binary stars.
compact binary merger.
cosmic expansion.
cosmic microwave background.
cosmology.
dark energy.
dark matter.
gravitational wave astronomy.
inflation.
interferometer.
interferometric.
magnetic field.
neutron star merger.
quantum mechanics.
solar eclipse.
special relativity.
time travel.
unified theory.
universal law of gravitation.
wormhole.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Quest for (and discovery of) gravitational waves
  • One hundred years of relativity : from the big bang to black holes and gravitational waves
  • The new era of gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics
  • The wagers of science
  • The genesis and transformation of general relativity
  • The detection of gravitational waves : a reflection
  • Einstein at Caltech
  • How general relativity shaped twentieth-century philosophy of science.

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