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Traveling at the speed of thought Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves

Title: Traveling at the speed of thought [electronic resource] : Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves / Daniel Kennefick.
Author: Kennefick, Daniel.
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.

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1 online resource (xii, 319 p.) : ill.

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Traveling at the speed of thought (Online)

Alternative Title

Traveling at the speed of thought (Online)
Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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.

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