WSU: 100 Years of Gravitational Waves with Rai Weiss

Nobel laureate Rai Weiss is best known as one of the original creators of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Join him as he explores the history of this amazing project and the technology that made it a reality. #WorldSciU
This lecture was filmed on May 30, 2015 at the World Science Festival in New York City.
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From Einstein to LIGO - 00:00:05
Turning a Thought Experiment into Reality - 00:20:04
LIGO's Success - 00:38:54
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[@BobCahalan46]

This could not have been filmed on May 30, 2015 as claimed. The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.

[@tomsmith4542]

good talk

[@jagritimahana7499]

Sir clean y

[@stevenbauer6090]

Gravity waves were discovered later in History