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050	0	0	_aQC179 _b.S287 2019
100	1		_aSchilling, Govert, _eauthor. _927290
245	1	0	_aRipples in spacetime : _bEinstein, gravitational waves, and the future of astronomy / _cGovert Schilling.
250			_aFirst Harvard University Press paperback edition.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, _c2019.
300			_axi, 349 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aIt 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 cataclysmic events that shape the universe and a new confirmation of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Ripples in Spacetime is an engaging account of the international effort to complete Einstein's project, capture his elusive ripples, and launch an era of gravitational-wave astronomy that promises to explain, more vividly than ever before, our universe's structure and origin. The quest for gravitational waves involved years of risky research and many personal and professional struggles that threatened to derail one of the world's largest scientific endeavors. Govert Schilling takes readers to sites where these stories unfolded--including Japan's KAGRA detector, Chile's Atacama Cosmology Telescope, the South Pole's BICEP detectors, and the United States' LIGO labs. He explains the seeming impossibility of developing technologies sensitive enough to detect waves from two colliding black holes in the very distant universe, and describes the astounding precision of the LIGO detectors. Along the way Schilling clarifies concepts such as general relativity, neutron stars, and the big bang using language that readers with little scientific background can grasp.-- _cProvided by publisher
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
505	0		_aA 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 invaders -- Surf's up for Einstein wave astronomy.
650		0	_aGravitational waves. _927291
650		0	_aRelativistic astrophysics _xMethodology. _927292
600	1	0	_aEinstein, Albert, _d1879-1955. _927293
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