Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

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Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

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Description: Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space and time – are unrelenting, passing through barriers that stop light dead.At the two 4-kilometre long LIGO observatories in the US, scientists developed incredibly sensitive detectors, capable of spotting a movement 100 times smaller than the nucleus of an atom. In 2015 they spotted the ripples produced by two black holes spiralling into each other, setting spacetime quivering.This was the first time black holes had ever been directly detected – and it promises far more for the future of astronomy. Brian Clegg presents a compelling story of human technical endeavour and a new, powerful path to understand the workings of the universe.Brian Clegg’s most recent books are The Reality Frame (Icon, 2017), What Colour is the Sun? (Icon, 2016) and Ten Billion Tomorrows (St Martin’s Press, 2016). His Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity were both longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. He has also written Big Data for the Hot Science series. Brian has written for numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Nature, BBC Focus, Physics World, The Times and The Observer. Brian is editor of popularscience.co.uk and blogs at brianclegg.blogspot.com. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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Page

176

Format

Paperback

Published

2018

Publisher

Icon Books

Language

eng

Original Title

Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

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