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Gravity's Kiss

The Detection of Gravitational Waves

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Author: Collins, Harry
ISBN:978-0-262-03618-4
Publication Date:Jan 2016
Publisher:MIT Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $85.99
Book Description:

A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves.

Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for fifty years. Then, in September 2015, came a "very interesting event" (as the cautious subject line in a physicist's email read) that proved to be the first detection of gravitational waves. In Gravity's Kiss, Harry Collins--who has been watching the...
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Book Details
Pages:416
Detailed Subjects: Science / Physics / Relativity
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.9 x 23.5 x 3.416 cm
Book Weight:0.742 Kilograms



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