Einstein Was Right
The Science and History of Gravitational Waves
$51.99
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2021
Summary
An authoritative interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational waves.
In 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by the movement of large masses - as part of the theory of general relativity. A century later, researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed Einstein’s prediction, detecting gravitational waves generated by the collisi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691194547 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691194548 |
| Author: | Jed Z. Buchwald, Alessandra Buonanno, Kip S. Thorne, Harry Collins, Don Howard, Tilman Sauer, Barry C. Barish, Daniel Kennefick, Jürgen Renn, Diana Kormos Buchwald |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Einstein Was Right is a compelling and thought-provoking account of one of the most thrilling scientific discoveries of the modern age travel.” * Society for the History of Astronomy Bulletin *“The book is in general well written and the articles are all interesting and informative. In spite of my decades-long acquaintance with the subject, I found much material that I was not familiar with and which was enlightening.”—Ajit Kembhavi, Current Science
About The Author
Jed Z. Buchwald
Jed Z. Buchwald is the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology. His books include The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs and The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science (both Princeton).
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