BSA Distinguished Lecture
"The Warped Universe: The One-Hundred-Year Quest to Discover Einstein's Gravitational Waves"
Presented by Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Marble Prof. of Astrophysics, MIT
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4 pm
Berkner Hall Auditorium
Hosted by: Peter Wanderer
In 2016, scientists announced the first ever detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, launching a new era of gravitational wave astrophysics. Since then there have been a couple more detections. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein a hundred years earlier. I will describe the science, technology, and human story behind these discoveries that provide a window into some of the most violent and warped events in the Universe.