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The Sounds of the Cosmos by Mario Diaz, Gabriela Gonzalez and Jorge Pullin
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Feb 28, 2023 | ISBN 9780262544948

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Table Of Contents

Preface ix
1 Gravity from the Ancient Greeks to Newton 1
2 Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity 15
3 The General Theory of Relativity 29
4 Gravitational Waves: Their Long and Difficult History 55
5 The Life and Death of Stars 77
6 Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation 89
7 Numerical Relativity 97
8 A Brief History of Terrestrial Gravitational Wave Detectors 105
9 The Technology of LIGO 123
10 At Last: Detections–and Many! 151
11 The Birth of Gravitational Wave Multi-Messenger Astronomy 171
12 The Future 185
Epilogue 197
Acknowledgements 199
Notes 201
Recommended Reading 205
Index 207

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