Richard Phillips Feynman1957
Feynman gives the sticky bead argument showing gravitational waves can carry energy
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Feynman gives the sticky bead argument showing gravitational waves can carry energy
Weber begins building resonant bar detectors to search directly for gravitational waves
Thornes black hole and gravitational wave theory helps interpret the first LIGO detection
Weiss sees the interferometer concept vindicated when LIGO detects gravitational waves from merging black holes
Reitze announces the first direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO collaboration
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