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050	0	0	_aQC179 _b.L48 2016
082	1		_a539.754 LEV _2
100	1		_aLevin, Janna
245	1	0	_aBlack hole blues : _band other songs from outer space _c/ Janna Levin
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2016
300			_a241 p. _c; 22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWhen 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.
520			_aIn 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 the 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aGravitational waves
650		4	_aBlack holes (Astronomy).
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