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ERIC Number: EJ365250
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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The Binary Pulsar: Gravity Waves Exist.
Will, Clifford
Mercury, v16 n6 p162-73 Nov-Dec 1987
Reviews the history of pulsars generally and the 1974 discovery of the binary pulsar by Joe Taylor and Russell Hulse specifically. Details the data collection and analysis used by Taylor and Hulse. Uses this discussion as support for Albert Einstein's theory of gravitational waves. (CW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Gravity (Physics), Higher Education, Light, Physics, Relativity, Science Education, Scientific Research, Space Sciences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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