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008			151208s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng c
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050	0	0	_aQC179 _b.L48 2016
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100	1		_aLevin, Janna _950764
245	1	0	_aBlack hole blues _band other songs from outer space
260			_aNew York _bAnchor Books _c2016
300			_a241 p. _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) 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			_a"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 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"--
650		0	_aGravitational waves. _950765
650		0	_aBlack holes (Astronomy) _931244
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