Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space - by Janna Levin (Paperback)

The book "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" is a must-read for anyone interested in the fascinating story of the discovery of gravitational waves.

Written by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer, this book provides an authoritative account of the headline-making discovery by Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. The book recounts the fascinating story of the obsessions, aspirations, and trials of the scientists who embarked on an arduous fifty-year endeavor to capture these elusive waves.

With unprecedented access to the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks in this remarkable story, Janna Levin's absorbing account offers a portrait of modern science that is unlike anything we've seen before. The book is a quick, engaging read, with vividly described personalities and personality conflicts, and it is hard to imagine a better narrative will ever be written about the behind-the-scenes heartbreak and hardship that goes with scientific discovery.

The prose is transparent and joyful, and the author explains in clear terms the scientific heart of this achievement and the deep and personal fascination that pursuing it has held for several generations of scientists. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn about one of the most significant discoveries in modern science.

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