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Traveling at the speed of thought : Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves
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- Creator
- Daniel Kennefick
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781400882748, 9780691117270, 1400882745, 0691117276
- OCLC
- ocn123434791, ocn941137902
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index.
- The gravitational wave analogy -- The prehistory of gravitational waves -- The origins of gravitational waves -- The speed of thought -- Do gravitational waves exist? -- Gravitational waves and the renaissance of general relativity -- Debating the analogy -- The problem of motion -- Portrait of the skeptics -- On the verge of detection -- The quadrupole formula controversy -- Keeping up with the speed of thought