Gravity!
The Quest for Gravitational Waves
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 May 2018
- ISBN 9780198796510
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages258 pages
- Size 223x148x20 mm
- Weight 466 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 25 color half tones, 89 color line drawings, 3 grayscale halftone and 8 grayscale line illustrations 0
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Short description:
What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common? This book uncovers gravity as a key to understanding these fascinating phenomena that have so captivated public interest in recent years, including the recent confirmation of gravitational waves.
MoreLong description:
What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common? This book uncovers gravity as a key to understanding these fascinating phenomena that have so captivated public interest in recent years. Readers will discover the latest findings on how this familiar force in our everyday lives powers the most colossal changes in the Universe. Written by the widely recognized French public scientist and leading astrophysicist Pierre Bin--truy, the book also explains the recent experimental confirmation of the existence of gravitational waves.
This is a brilliant and accessible illustrated book about gravity and gravitational waves... The book will surely become a classic in explaining gravity in such an engaging manner, reflecting as it does the late authors stellar reputation as a science communicator.
Table of Contents:
The Gravitational Force: Galileo, Newton, Einstein
General Relativity: From a Theory of Gravity to a Theory of the Universe
Observing the Universe
The Two Infinites
First Moments of the Universe: From Inflation to the First Light
Dark Energy and Quantum Vacuum
Lessons in Darkness: Black Holes
Gravity Turned into Waves
'Seeing' the Gravitational Universe
Towards Which Future?
