The Search for Gravity Waves [Hardcover]

P. C. W. Davies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 1980

The search for and possible discovery of gravity waves for the non specialist reader. No advanced knowledge of astronomy or mathematics is needed.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; First Edition edition (October 31, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521231973
• ISBN-13: 978-0521231978
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist at Arizona State University, where he runs the pioneering Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He also chairs the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Post-Detection Taskgroup, so that if SETI succeeds in finding intelligent life, he will be among the first to know. The asteroid 1992OG was officially renamed Pauldavies in his honor. In addition to his many scientific awards, Davies is the recipient of the 1995 Templeton Prize--the world's largest annual prize--for his work on science and religion. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Mind of God, About Time, How to Build a Time Machine, and The Goldilocks Enigma. He lives in Tempe, Arizona.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Short for those who just want a general glance into the topic, December 22, 2007

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If your interested in the topic and are not into reading long books get it. But there are far better ones on the market such as "Gravity's Shadow: The Search for Gravitational Waves" now this is a book