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The Astronomers - Season 1 Episode 4 Waves of the Future

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Gravity waves, as yet undetected but predicted by Albert Einstein, may contain the answers to many questions about the universe. Soviet scientist Leonid Grishchuk and American scientist Kip Thorne describe their attempts to prove the existence of the waves. The episode also visits a gravity-wave detector prototype and describes the three-mile-long full-scale version, planned for construction in the late 1990's. Grishchuk and scientist Stephen Hawking meet.

First Air Date: Apr 12, 1991

Last Air date: Apr 19, 1991

Season: 1 Season

Episode: 6 Episode

Runtime: 26 minutes

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Popularity: 2.188

Language: English