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Black hole blues : and other songs from outer space / by Levin, Janna,author.(CARDINAL)421649;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.When black holes collide -- High fidelity -- Natural resources -- Culture shock -- Joe Weber -- Prototypes -- The Troika -- The climb -- Weber and Trimble -- LHO -- Skunkworks -- Gambling -- Rashomon -- LLO -- Little cave on Figueroa -- The race is on."In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the story of the search, over the last fifty years, for these elusive waves--a quest that has culminated in the creation of the most expensive project ever funded by the National Science Foundation ($1 billion-plus). She makes clear how the waves are created in the cosmic collision of black holes, and why the waves can never be detected by telescope. And, most revealingly, she delves into the lives and fates of the four scientists currently engaged in--and obsessed with--discerning this soundtrack of the universe's history. Levin's account of the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks of this unfolding story provides us with a uniquely compelling and intimate portrait of the people and processes of modern science"--
Subjects: Gravitational waves.; Black holes (Astronomy);
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Gravity's kiss : the detection of gravitational waves / by Collins, H. M.(Harry M.),1943-(CARDINAL)521653;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index.Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for fifty years. Then, in September 2015, came a "very interesting event" (as the cautious subject line in a physicist's email read) that proved to be the first detection of gravitational waves. In Gravity's Kiss, Harry Collins -- who has been watching the science of gravitational wave detection for forty-three of those fifty years and has written three previous books about it -- offers a final, fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of one of the most remarkable scientific discoveries ever made. Predicted by Einstein in his theory of general relativity, gravitational waves carry energy from the collision or explosion of stars. Dying binary stars, for example, rotate faster and faster around each other until they merge, emitting a burst of gravitational waves. It is only with the development of extraordinarily sensitive, highly sophisticated detectors that physicists can now confirm Einstein's prediction. This is the story that Collins tells. Collins, a sociologist of science who has been embedded in the gravitational wave community since 1972, traces the detection, the analysis, the confirmation, and the public presentation and the reception of the discovery -- from the first email to the final published paper and the response of professionals and the public. Collins shows that science today is collaborative, far-flung (with the physical location of the participants hardly mattering), and sometimes secretive, but still one of the few institutions that has integrity built into it.
Subjects: Gravitational waves; General relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black holes in action : an augmented reality experience / by Kurtz, Kevin,author.(CARDINAL)317921;
Includes bibliographical references (30) page and index.Watching black holes -- Black holes binge eat stars -- A black hole is born -- An astronomy revolution -- 3D printer activities."Go on a high-interest, interactive exploration of black holes using cutting-edge AR technology"--Ages 8-12.Grades 4 to 6.950L
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Gravitational waves;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Influx / by Suarez, Daniel,1964-(CARDINAL)493754;
Includes bibliographical references.What if our civilization is more advanced than we know? Are smartphones really humanity's most significant innovation since the moon landings? Or can something else explain why the bold visions of the twentieth century - fusion power, genetic enhancements, artificial intelligence, cures for common diseases, extended human life, and a host of other world-changing advances - have remained beyond our grasp? Why has the high-tech future that seemed imminent in the 1960s failed to arrive? Perhaps it did arrive... but only for a select few. Particle physicist Jon Grady is ecstatic when his team achieves what they've been working toward for years: a device that can reflect gravity. Their research will revolutionize the field of physics - the crowning achievement of Grady's career. He expects widespread acclaim for his entire team. The Nobel Prize. Instead, his lab is locked down by a shadowy organization whose mission is tp prevent at all costs the social the social upheaval sudden technological advances bring. This Bureau of Technology Control (BTC) uses the advanced technologies they have harvested over teh decades to fulfill their mission. They are living in our future. Presented with the opportunity to join the BTC and improve his own technology in secret, Grady resists and is instead thrown into a nightmarish high-tech prison built to hold rebellious geniuses like himself. With so many great intellects confined together, can Grady and his fellow prisoners conceive of a way to usher humanity out of its artificial dark age? And can they hope to defeat an enemy who wields a technological advantage half a century in the making? -- Jacket flap.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Discoveries in science; Extremists; Gravitational waves; Physicists; Space and time;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Einstein's telescope : the hunt for dark matter and dark energy in the universe / by Gates, Evalyn.(CARDINAL)493684;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-289) and index.What is the universe made of? -- A revolution in space and time -- A cosmic expansion -- Einstein's telescope -- MACHOs and WIMPs -- Black holes and planets -- Weighing the universe -- Cold dark matter -- Tracing the invisible-- and finding dark matter -- An accelerating universe -- The imprint of dark energy on the cosmic web -- Gravity waves -- Epilogue : Dark matter and dark energy : keys to the next revolution.Evalyn Gates transports us to the edge of science to explore the tool that unlocks the secrets of dark matter and dark energy. Based on the theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or 'Einstein's Telescope', is enabling discoveries that are taking us towards the next revolution in scientific thinking--one that may change our understanding of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
Subjects: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Dark matter (Astronomy); Dark energy (Astronomy); Gravitational waves.; Relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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The warped side of our universe : an odyssey through black holes, wormholes, time travel, and gravitational waves / by Thorne, Kip S.,author.(CARDINAL)736301; Halloran, Lia,1977-illustrator.(CARDINAL)839413;
Includes bibliographical references."For decades, Kip Thorne has been consumed by a desire to better understand our universe's "Warped Side." Using an untold number of computer simulations and mathematical equations, and with a thousand-person fleet of scientists and engineers, Thorne has relentlessly pursued his quest, inventing and constructing, in the process, LIGO, the world's largest gravitational wave observatory, to mediate our first encounters with the Warped Side. Thirteen years in the making, The Warped Side of Our Universe marks the extraordinary collaboration of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and award-winning painter Lia Halloran, and explores the very concepts that first set Thorne to task. Through verse and poetry, the authors address the oldest questions known to man: How did our universe begin? Can anything travel backward in time? How does the Warped Side impact the material side, the side that we humans see and feel? Featuring rich illustrations of stars--giant and dwarf, red and blue--and galaxies--large and small, diffuse and spiraled--and even a soaring Stephen Hawking anchored to his wheelchair, this stunning volume carries us into and through the dark side of the universe"--
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Poetry.; Black holes (Astronomy); Gravitational waves; Space and time; Wormholes (Physics);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The beauty of falling : a life in pursuit of gravity / by Rham, Claudia de,author.(CARDINAL)889406;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This book explores the subject of gravity in a fresh way, taking the reader from Newton to the frontiers of gravitational physics. Per Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravity is a manifestation of the curvature of spacetime, and this is an excellent and robust framework for understanding gravity in many situations. However, physicists nowadays also often understand gravity as the manifestation of a fundamental particle - the graviton - in the same way that we understand electromagnetism as the manifestation of the photon. And, in the very same way that we can "see" light, which is nothing other than an electromagnetic wave propagating through space and time, we can now "hear" gravity in the form of gravitational waves (waves in the very fabric of spacetime). As we celebrate 6 years since the first direct detection of gravitational waves, the reality of these waves, predicted by Einstein's theory of gravity, is now unquestionable. They offer a cutting-edge opportunity to decipher the many mysteries that our Universe is still hiding. What is the origin of the Universe? What are the dark components of the Universe that explain its structure and evolution? What is our fate? In The Beauty of Falling, de Rahm will explore these mysteries, building up a palpable portrait of gravity - what we know and don't know.The book begins with the Newtonian notion of gravitational force and quickly proceeds to Einstein's theory of relativity, while revealing how much more of our picture there is yet to uncover. The author will emphasize that General Relativity predicts its own downfall, and where the theory breaks down - at the particle level - is exactly where scientists are focusing in their search for new physics. The author brings the reader to a new gravitational frontier and, in doing so, introduces her own work - a theory of "massive gravity."While Einstein's theory of gravity assumes that the graviton is massless, "massive gravity" suggests an alternative - that the graviton may indeed have mass and a finite range, meaning that it "switches off" at cosmological scales. This would explain the current accelerating expansion of the universe that is observed. The author interweaves her personal history and research trajectory throughout, explaining the science but also highlighting the adventure of research, the thrill of questioning nature and challenging it in its deepest realization, and the excitement of discovering something entirely new. The story contains setbacks and breakthroughs, from the challenge of being a woman in a field where the representation of women is typically less than 10%, to dealing with the aftermath of challenging the previous claims of a generation of senior scientists (most of whom are men)"--
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Rham, Claudia de.; Gravitation; Gravitation; Relativity; Relativity; Gravitational waves;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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How to hear the universe : Gaby González and the search for Einstein's ripples in space-time / by Valdez, Patricia,author.; Palacios, Sara,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references."In 1916, Albert Einstein had a theory. He thought that somewhere out in the universe, there were collisions in space. These collisions could cause little sound waves in the fabric of space-time that might carry many secrets of the distant universe. But it was only a theory. He could not prove it in his lifetime. Many years later, an immigrant scientist named Gabriela González asked the same questions. Armed with modern technology, she joined a team of physicists who set out to prove Einstein's theory. At first, there was nothing. But then... they heard a sound. Gabriela and her team examined, and measured, and re-measured until they were sure. Completing the work that Albert Einstein had begun 100 years earlier, González broke ground for new space-time research. In a fascinating picture book that covers 100 years, 2 pioneering scientists, and 1 trailblazing discovery, Patricia Valdez sheds light on a little known but extraordinary story." --AD1020L
Subjects: Biographies.; Picture books.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; González, Gabriela, 1965-; LIGO (Observatory); Gravitational waves; Women physicists; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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Big bangs and black holes : a graphic novel guide to the universe / by Herji,1993-author,artist.(CARDINAL)874397; Francfort, Jérémie,1994-contributor.(CARDINAL)874398; Butt, Jeffrey K.,translator.(CARDINAL)862308; Mayor, M.(Michel),contributor.;
"Go back in time with Nobel Prize laureate Michel Mayor to understand the secrets of the Universe and meet the great names in physics: Newton, Einstein and many more. This graphic-novel guide to the Universe explains complex ideas in a way anyone can understand. It's a book full of adventure-- as well as some of the most important concepts humankind has ever studied. On the program: gravitational waves, the theory of relativity, black holes-- and more!"--GN940L
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Young adult literature.; Relativity (Physics); Gravitational waves; Black holes (Astronomy); Astrophysics;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution [videorecording] : modern physics for non-scientists / by Wolfson, Richard.(CARDINAL)753753; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Each course guidebook contains bibliographical references.Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Robert Cosgriff.Twenty-four lectures of thirty minutes each by Richard Wolfson, Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College.Relativity and quantum physics touch the very basis of physical reality, altering commonsense notions of space and time, cause and effect. Both have reputations for complexity, but the basic ideas behind relativity and quantum physics are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. The essence of relativity in a single sentence: The laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform motion. Relativity and quantum physics are the gateway to understanding the latest in science news - theories about time travel, string theory, black holes, space telescopes, particle accelerators, and other cutting-edge developments.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Gravitation.; Heisenberg uncertainty principle.; Motion.; Physics.; Quantum theory.; Relativistic quantum theory.; Relativity (Physics); Schrödinger equation.; Space and time.; Wave mechanics.; Waves.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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