Understanding Gravitational Waves

1st ed. 2021

by C. R. Kitchin

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Astronomers' Universe

ISBN-10 3030742067

ISBN-13 9783030742065

Edition 1st ed. 2021

Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Country of Manufacture CH

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 24th, 2021

Print length 413 Pages

Weight 714 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 23.50 x 1.70 cms

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The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational waves—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.

The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational wavesproposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years agocould 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 waveswhat 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.

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