Black Hole Blues (and Other Songs from Outer Space) (Random House Publishing)

In 1916, Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. One century later, we are recording the first sounds from space, the soundtrack to accompany astronomy's silent movie. Levin recounts the fascinating story of the obsessions, the aspirations, and the trials of the scientists who embarked on an arduous, fifty-year endeavor to capture these elusive waves.