Collins, H. M. 1943-

Gravity's ghost scientific discovery in the twenty-first century / [electronic resource] : Harry Collins. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - v, 187 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gravitational wave detection -- The Equinox Event: early days -- Resistance to discovery -- The Equinox Event: the middle period -- The hidden histories of statistical tests -- The Equinox Event: the denouement -- Gravity's ghost -- Envoi: science in the twenty-first century -- Postscript: Thinking after Arcadia -- Appendix 1: The Burst Group checklist as of October 2007 -- Appendix 2: The Arcadia abstract.


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2011.
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Gravitational waves--Research--History.
Gravitational waves--Experiments.
Science--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

QC179 / .C646 2011eb

530.11