The Sound of the Cosmos
Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
18 April 2023
Summary
The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.
In 2016, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations made headlines when they announced the detection of gravitational waves—a century after Albert Einstein first predicted their existence with his general theory of relativity. With unprecedented perspective as physicists at the forefront of this discovery, Mario Diaz, Gabriela Gonzalez, and Jorge Pullin provide a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544948 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262544946 |
| Author: | Mario Diaz, Gabriela Gonzalez |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Mario Diaz
Mario Diaz is Director of the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he is also a Professor of Physics and President of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists.
Gabriela Gonzalez is Boyd Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Louisiana State University, a former spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Jorge Pullin is Horace Hearne Chair in Theoretical Physics at Louisiana State University and was founding editor of the journal Physical Review X.
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