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Traveling at the speed of thought : Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves / Daniel Kennefick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: xii, 319 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780691117270 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 22
LOC classification:
  • QC179 .K46 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The gravitational wave analogy -- The prehistory of gravitational waves -- The origins of gravitational waves -- The speed of thought -- Do gravitational waves exist? -- Gravitational waves and the renaissance of general relativity -- Debating the analogy -- The problem of motion -- Portrait of the skeptics -- On the verge of detection -- The quadrupole formula controversy -- Keeping up with the speed of thought.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.

The gravitational wave analogy -- The prehistory of gravitational waves -- The origins of gravitational waves -- The speed of thought -- Do gravitational waves exist? -- Gravitational waves and the renaissance of general relativity -- Debating the analogy -- The problem of motion -- Portrait of the skeptics -- On the verge of detection -- The quadrupole formula controversy -- Keeping up with the speed of thought.

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