Gravity's Kiss
The Detection of Gravitational Waves
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 science of gravitational wave detection for forty-three of those fifty years and has written three previous books about it—offers a final, fascinating account, written in real time, of the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-53512-0
- EAN: 9780262535120
- Produktnummer: 24021750
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H47.2 cm x B44.7 cm x D2.9 cm 532 g
- Abbildungen: 39 b 78 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 532
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Harry Collins is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise, and Science at Cardiff University. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of Gravity's Shadow; Gravity's Ghost; Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog; Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves (MIT Press); and many other books.
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