Cover of Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time

In a handful of observatories around the world, scientists are waiting, and listening. Their quest: to be the first to detect gravitational waves, infinitesimal quakes that stretch and compress space-time and could add a brand-new dimension to our universal knowledge-allowing us to hear a sun going supernova, black holes colliding, and perhaps one day, the remnant rumble of the Big Bang itself...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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