Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy

by Govert Schilling

Book Overview

It has already been called the scientific breakthrough of the century: the detection of gravitational waves. Einstein predicted these tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime nearly a hundred years ago, but they were never perceived directly until now. Decades in the making, this momentous discovery has given scientists a new understanding of the cataclysmic events that shape the universe and a new confirmation of Einstein's theory of general relativity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971663
• ISBN13: 9780674971660
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"