Gravity's Shadow: The Search for Gravitational Waves

by Harry M. Collins and Harry Collins

Book Overview

According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been difficult; the cosmic shudders are so weak that only the most sensitive instruments can be expected to observe them directly. Fifteen times during the last thirty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226113787
• ISBN13: 9780226113784
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"