Neutron Stars, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves

by James Kolata

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation.

Just like light (electromagnetic radiation), gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by alternately compressing and expanding them. However, there was a problem. The force of gravity is around a trillion, trillion, trillion times weaker than electromagnetism so the calculated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643274236
• ISBN13: 9781643274232
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"