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Black hole blues : and other songs from outer space / Janna Levin.

by Levin, Janna.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Gravitational waves.

Black holes (Astronomy)

Laser interferometers.

9780307958198 (hc.)

9780307948489 (pbk.)

9780307948489 (pbk.)

241 pages ; 22 cm

"This is a Borzoi book"

Includes bibliographical references 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 generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Astrophysicist Janna Levin 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 explains how the waves are created in the cosmic collision of black holes, and why the waves can't be detected by optical or radio telescopes. She delves into the lives of four scientists engaged in - and obsessed with - discerning this soundtrack of the universe's history. Janna Levin is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She has contributed to our present understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime. Her previous books include How the Universe Got Its Spots and a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines"--Provided by publisher.

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