Traveling at the speed of thought : Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves / Daniel Kennefick.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, c2007.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 319 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Illustrations. Acknowledgments. 1. The gravitational wave analogy 2. The prehistory of gravitational waves 3. The origins of gravitational waves 4. The speed of thought 5. Do gravitational waves exist? 6. Gravitational waves and the renaissance ofgeneral relativity 7. Debating the analogy 8. The problem of motion 9. Portrait of the skeptics 10. On the verge of detection 11. The quadrupole formula controversy 12. Keeping up with the speed of thought Appendix A: The referee's report. Appendix B: Interviews and other new sources. Notes. Bibliography. Index
