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| ISBN: | 9780226113791
0226113795
9780226113777
0226113779
9780226113784
0226113787
0226113779
0226113787
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 837-854) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 years scientists have claimed to have detected gravitational waves, but so far none of those claims have survived the scrutiny of the scientifi.
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| Other form: | Print version: Collins, H.M. (Harry M.), 1943- Gravity's shadow. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004 9780226113777
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