Onde nello spaziotempo. Einstein, le onde gravitazionali e il futuro dell'astronomia

The only example of Govert Schilling's work I'd come across was his co-authorship of the quirky but ultimately unsatisfying Tweeting the Universe, so it was interesting to see a 'proper' book by him on the timely topic of gravitational waves. I struggled a little with his writing style - it's very je Leggi tutto

These videos chronicle the collision of a neutron star collision captured by LIGO after this book was already completed. It is worth watching when reading this book. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/sc... http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/1... Tonight I was reading chapter 11 of this book at Paner Leggi tutto

The search for gravity’s kiss This book is for readers interested in learning the scientific, historical, and personal stories behind the detection of gravitational waves. This story is an incredible scientific odyssey. It conveys a sense of awe and excitement about a century of scientific investmen Leggi tutto

I don’t usually review non-fiction books because I’m there to learn, not criticize, unless the book is obviously wrong (I’m looking at you, Hillary). But I must sing the praises of Gouvert Schilling’s Ripples in Spacetime, which concerns gravitational waves; specifically, the astonishing and world-c Leggi tutto

Occasionally repetitive, insufficiently detailed, mostly ignores the scientists in favor of the science, regrettably dated. Still, a good overview of gravitational wave astronomy.

Already a atrong candidate for my favourite book of the year!

The first observation of gravitational waves happened on September 14 2015, and was announced the next February. This book is a very good popular explanation of what this discovery is all about. I didn't learn much from it because I followed the path to the discovery, and even took a tour of LIGO Ha Leggi tutto

In another book review I said that it’s easy to tell the difference between a book written by a scientist and a book written about science by a professional writer. This is the latter. Nothing wrong with that, of course — you trade the first-hand account of the scientist involved in a field for the Leggi tutto

Heel interessant boek over zwaartekrachtsgolven. Over hoe Einstein ze voorspelt heeft, hoe ze kunnen ontstaan, met intermezzo's over evolutie van sterren, pulsars en quasars, en vooral over de zoektocht naar de detectie van deze zwaartekrachtsgolven en de successen die geboekt werden. Het wordt alle Leggi tutto