The Sound of the Cosmos
Autor Gabriela Gonzalez, Mario Diazen Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780262544948
ISBN-10: 0262544946
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 47 black and white illustrations, 8 colour plates
Dimensiuni: 236 x 156 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-10: 0262544946
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 47 black and white illustrations, 8 colour plates
Dimensiuni: 236 x 156 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd
Notă biografică
Mario Díaz, Gabriela González, and Jorge Pullin
Cuprins
Preface ix
1 Gravity from the Ancient Greeks to Newton 1
2 Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity 15
3 The General Theory of Relativity 29
4 Gravitational Waves: Their Long and Difficult History 55
5 The Life and Death of Stars 77
6 Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation 89
7 Numerical Relativity 97
8 A Brief History of Terrestrial Gravitational Wave Detectors 105
9 The Technology of LIGO 123
10 At Last: Detections--and Many! 151
11 The Birth of Gravitational Wave Multi-Messenger Astronomy 171
12 The Future 185
Epilogue 197
Acknowledgements 199
Notes 201
Recommended Reading 205
Index 207
1 Gravity from the Ancient Greeks to Newton 1
2 Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity 15
3 The General Theory of Relativity 29
4 Gravitational Waves: Their Long and Difficult History 55
5 The Life and Death of Stars 77
6 Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation 89
7 Numerical Relativity 97
8 A Brief History of Terrestrial Gravitational Wave Detectors 105
9 The Technology of LIGO 123
10 At Last: Detections--and Many! 151
11 The Birth of Gravitational Wave Multi-Messenger Astronomy 171
12 The Future 185
Epilogue 197
Acknowledgements 199
Notes 201
Recommended Reading 205
Index 207