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Title: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time by Marcia Bartusiak ISBN: 0-425-18620-2 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Absolutely Wonderful Book
Comment: This is an amazing book for both its historical and scientific content. The prose is clear and engaging; the subject matter, i.e., the attempts at detecting of gravity waves, is fascinating. Although gravity waves have never been knowingly and officially detected as yet, projects to build expensive apparatus to detect them are actually getting funded. This is clearly tribute to the confidence that the scientific community has on Albert Einstein and the General Theory of Relativity. This is a great book that deserves to be read by all!
Rating: 5
Summary: Never thought two seconds about gravity waves?
Comment: Neither had I...
Now, as the New York Times Book Review states, "When a gravity wave is first detected..." (I) "...will feel like a participant in the great event."
Why should you care? When gravity waves become detectable, we humans will open a brand new chapter into the discovery of our universe, and subsequently ourselves. We may eventually find the universe is a great huge pond with spacetime ripples originating from infinite sources. We may finally see the big picture, a bit of celestial music, and direct evidence of the most incalculable event in our universe, the collision and coalescence of two black holes. The thought of this type of event being recorded for human ears is exciting and provocative... I hope I am a lucky participant.
The supporting cast, are the scientists from many countries, who seek to be the first to find and record a gravity wave. This is an obvious Nobel Prize event, so the stakes are high... On the other hand, virtually all of them realize they are laying the groundwork for (perhaps) future generations. There is a very good chance that none of the current players will even be around when a gravity wave is captured on it's travel to infinity. On the other hand, future generations will be infinitely indebted to these pioneers, and us common astronomy buffs will be richer for their selflessness.
Marcia Bartusiak wrote a fine book for the rest of us... I look forward to reading more from her, and recommend this to anyone with even a passing interest. Sure, there is no punch line yet, but when there is, I will 'get it'... Will you?
Finally, what can be said about Albert Einstein... A towering genius that looked at our physical world, pulled back a great obscuration, and let us all see the light. I will always be in awe...
Rating: 3
Summary: Premature book
Comment: The struggle for the direct detection of gravity waves has continued for some years, and to date the search has been totally unsuccessful despite the tremendous investment of effort in this area. I found this book's documention of this quest somewhat interesting. However, I found the subject of this book somewhat unfulfilling because it has no punchline. I would have waited for the direct detection of gravity waves before writing a book like this.
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Title: How the Universe Got Its Spots : Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin ISBN: 1400032725 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Extravagant Universe : Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos by Robert P. Kirshner ISBN: 0691058628 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 11 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes by Michael Benson ISBN: 0810945312 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought by Gary Marcus ISBN: 0465044050 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 16 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe by Martin J. Rees ISBN: 0465036732 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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