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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.;
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- Black holes explained / by Negus, James(Children's author),author.(CARDINAL)792687;
Grades 7-12."On December 26, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves generated from merging black holes for the first time in human history. But why is this significant? Through an engaging, easily accessible approach, the origins, dynamics, and ultimate fate of black holes are thoroughly unraveled so that students without a scientific background can grasp complex physics theories. This text supports the Next Generation Science Standards' emphasis on scientific collection and analysis of data and evidence-based theories by discussing the methods research universities and space agencies use to explore black holes."--Includes bibliographical references and index.Birth of a giant -- Galactic heart -- Cosmic exploration -- Merging companions -- Event horizon -- Cosmic worm -- Miniature black hole -- Black hole fate.- Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Cosmology;
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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);
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