Gravity's century: from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes

Ron Cowen offers a sweeping account of the century of experimentation that has consistently confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity. He shows how we got from Eddington's pivotal observations of the 1919 eclipse to the Event Horizon Telescope, aimed at starlight wrapping around th...

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Beteilige Person: Cowen, Ron 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England Harvard University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Ron Cowen offers a sweeping account of the century of experimentation that has consistently confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity. He shows how we got from Eddington's pivotal observations of the 1919 eclipse to the Event Horizon Telescope, aimed at starlight wrapping around the black hole at our galaxy's center
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Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 181 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780674239272
9780674239289
9780674239296
DOI:10.4159/9780674239272