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    Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
    Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
    Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
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    Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy

    Written by Govert Schilling and Martin Rees

    Narrated by Joel Richards

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    About this audiobook

    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 listeners 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 listeners with little scientific background can grasp.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 12, 2017
    ISBN9781541483040
    Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy

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    • 5/5
      Excellent overview of the emerging field of gravitational life observatories. Like many popular books, it starts with an overview, but this is only right at the beginning. The author get straight into the history and details of how we ended up where we are today including some of the most spectacular discoveries of the 21st-century. Very well written, easy to understand but very thorough and well researched. Highly recommended!g

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    • 4/5
      An interesting book, yet like always, I wish the things like building research stations on indigenous lands wasnt ignored, as well as other kinda necessary aspects of history that help paint a more vivid picture of the complicated history surrounding gravitational waves.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Occasionally repetitive, insufficiently detailed, mostly ignores the scientists in favor of the science, regrettably dated. Still, a good overview of gravitational wave astronomy.
    • 5/5
      While an emotion into the math might provide a more thorough understanding I came away with new understanding of gravity and its studies. It odds also Testimony to the ability to build amazingly sensitive instruments.