Book · 2016 · Gravity waves
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
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One of them is black hole blues and other songs from Outer Space by Jan 11 and it's a Chronicle of the development of a machine that detects gravitational waves.
The best things said about it
And also one of my favorites the black hole Blues and other songs from outer space.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Nov 2023 Why people recommend it
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin is a captivating non-fiction chronicle detailing the scientific quest to detect gravitational waves and capture the elusive signals of black holes colliding in the distant universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson frequently championed the book across multiple episodes of StarTalk Radio, praising the author's expertise as a theoretical astrophysicist and affectionately recalling the complete title of her work during discussions about cosmic phenomena. Parul Sehgal also recommended the title on The Book Review as an engaging Editor's Choice selection that effectively narrates the painstaking construction of the specialized machinery required to observe invisible ripples in spacetime. Across these media appearances, hosts and reviewers lauded the book for making complex astrophysics accessible to general audiences while celebrating the human perseverance behind monumental scientific breakthroughs. Levin's work was consistently highlighted not only as a rigorous account of modern physics instrumentation but also as a poetic tribute to humanity's enduring quest to understand the vast, mysterious architecture of the universe.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson She's totally into this with the black hole blues. The black hole blues. She got a whole book. That's her b… 4
“She's totally into this with the black hole blues. The black hole blues. She got a whole book. That's her book.”
“and also one of my favorites the black hole Blues and other songs from outer space”
“So Janna, you're an expert on the large scale universe, on black holes, your recent book was Black Hole Blues, was that? - Yeah. You know you've said it better than anyone ever. I once got you to say the whole title which you might not remember was Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space”
“Janna it was great, and I've been loving your book, - Thanks it was fun. - [Neil] The Black Hole Blues.”
Parul Sehgal one of them is black hole blues and other songs from Outer Space by Jan 11 and it's a Chronicle of the deve… 1
“one of them is black hole blues and other songs from Outer Space by Jan 11 and it's a Chronicle of the development of a machine that detects gravitational waves”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“And the very fact that we're able to detect gravitational waves from the early universe is effing wild. Can you explain what gravitational waves are? And we should mention, you wrote a book about the humans, about the whole journey of detecting gravitational waves and LIGO with "Black Hole Blues" is the book.”
“I absolutely have to check in get a little black hole blues boogie in over oh yeah that's her book”
“And this is what Black Hole Blues was all about, I was writing it while they were on this campaign, yeah. - Your book. - And they hadn't succeeded while I was writing and I was really writing it, precisely ties in with what we were talking about earlier about the pursuit.”