Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Janna Levin
Experience the awe-inspiring history of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO. Astrophysicists have sought for decades to record the minuscule ripples of the universe generated by unfathomably powerful events. Follow the team of hundreds of scientists at work on a billion-dollar experiment who made history in 2016 with the first ever detection of a gravitational wave, confirming Einstein's prediction. Black Hole Blues provides a firsthand account of this astonishing achievement, offering a compelling, intimate portrait of cutting-edge science.
Publish Date
2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.74
ISBN
9781847924193
Categories
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-07-07T16:22:39.000Z
Off the top of my head, here are three of my favorites (not so new, though): Black hole blues, by @jannalevin. Lab girl, Hope Jahren. Disturbing the universe, by Freeman Dyson. – source