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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin (Hardcover)

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“Book Is New & Unread But Small Amount Of Wear To Dust Jacket As Shown In Photos”
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ISBN
9781847921963
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Name
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Item Height
222mm
Author
Janna Levin
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Item Width
144mm
Subject
Science, Astronomy, Physics
Item Weight
433g
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history. Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong gravitational wave will briefly change that distance by less than the thickness of a human hair. We have perhaps less than a few tenths of a second to perform this measurement. And we don't know if this infinitesimal event will come next month, next year or perhaps in thirty years. In 1916 Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves- miniscule ripples in the very fabric of spacetime generated by unfathomably powerful events. If such vibrations could somehow be recorded, we could observe our universe for the first time through sound- the hissing of the Big Bang, the whale-like tunes of collapsing stars, the low tones of merging galaxies, the drumbeat of two black holes collapsing into one. For decades, astrophysicists have searched for a way of doing soa In 2016 a team of hundreds of scientists at work on a billion-dollar experiment made history when they announced the first ever detection of a gravitational wave, confirming Einstein's prediction. This is their story, and the story of the most sensitive scientific instrument ever made- LIGO. Based on complete access to LIGO and the scientists who created it, Black Hole Blues provides a firsthand account of this astonishing achievement- a compelling, intimate portrait of cutting-edge science at its most awe-inspiring and ambitious.

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Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781847921963
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Author
Janna Levin
Publication Name
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science, Astronomy, Physics
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Height
222mm
Item Width
144mm
Item Weight
433g

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Janna Levin
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United Kingdom

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  • by SG9-peTtQQm@Deleted
    13 Jun, 2016

    A different angle on a great achievement

    An unusual angle on the scientists involved over 50 years in detecting the nearly in detectable, the gravitational wave. It slowly made me feel I was one of the team, surrounded by a lot of strange personalities. I used wikipedia to get the basic facts as I met each great name, the combination was very memorable for me. The detection of the Gravitational Wave is the greatest scientific event of my lifetime.

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