Understanding gravitational waves / C.R. Kitchin.
Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.), author.
2021
QC179 .K58 2021
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Title Understanding gravitational waves / C.R. Kitchin.
Author Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.), author.
ISBN 9783030742072 (electronic bk.)
3030742075 (electronic bk.)
9783030742065
3030742067
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74207-2
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-74207-2 doi
Call Number QC179 .K58 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 539.7/54
Summary The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational wave-proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago-could never be fully proven, since we lacked the proper technology to do it. That all changed when, on September 14, 2015, instruments at the LIGO Observatory detected gravitational waves for the first time. This book explores the nature of gravitational waves-what they are, where they come from, why they are so significant and why nobody could prove they existed before now. Written in plain language and interspersed with additional explanatory tutorials, it will appeal to lay readers, science enthusiasts, physical science students, amateur astronomers and to professional scientists and astronomers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2021).
Series Astronomers' universe. 2197-6651
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Chapter 1. 14th September 2015
Chapter 2. Gravity
From 850,000,000 BCE to 1915 CE
Chapter 3. Gravity
From 1915
through Today
and on towards Tomorrow
Chapter 4. Gravitational Waves
The Long, Long Journey from Half-Seen Chimeras to Highly Studied Certainties
Chapter 5. Gravitational Waves
Origins and Sources
Chapter 6. Gravitational Wave Events
Calling the Roll
Chapter 7. Into the Unknown
the First Years of the Quest for Gravitational Waves
Chapter 8. Eureka! A Beginner's Guide to Making Successful Gravitational Wave Detectors
Chapter 9. Gravitational Waves and their Detectors
Into the Future
and Beyond.

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