黑洞蓝调
Black hole blues
Janna Levin · 初版 2016 年
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“1916 年，Einstein 首次预言了引力波的存在：这是由黑洞发生难以想象的高能碰撞所产生的、无需物质介质传播的声音。如今，身为天体物理学家的 Janna Levin 记述了过去五十年来人类探寻这些难以捉摸的波的历程——这一探索促成了 National Science Foundation 有史以来资助金额最高（超过 10 亿美元）项目的诞生。她清晰阐明了这些波是如何在黑洞的宇宙碰撞中产生的，以及为什么望远镜永远无法探测到这些波……”
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Janna Levin 的《Black Hole Blues》这本书真正让我切身体会到的一点是：把这个项目做成简直太荒谬了。现在项目已经完成了，谁都可以马后炮说这显然是个好主意。但当初要押注在上面完全是另一码事……
One thing the book Black Hole Blues (Janna Levin) brought home to me was the absurdity of actually getting this project done. Now that it's complete, it's easy to say that it was obviously a good idea. It's another thing entirely to bet…
Janna Levin 的《Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space》。它讲述了 LIGO 实验历时约 50 年的建设过程。书里确实花了很多篇幅做人物刻画（这是 Levin 的长项之一），但也包含大量……
Janna Levin, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. It describes the construction of the LIGO experiment over a span of about 50 years. It does have a lot of character studies (one of Levin’s strengths) but also plenty…
……Winchester——精密工程。30.《小火车做到了》（The Little Engine That Could）——儿童经典。31. 马尔科姆·格拉德威尔的《异类》（Outliers）——成功机制。32. 菲尔·奈特的《鞋狗》（Shoe Dog）——耐克的创立。33. Janna Levin 的《Black Hole Blues》——建造 LIGO。34.《Freedom’s Forge》——二战工业动员。35. 吉尔·琼斯的《光之帝国》（Empires of Light）——爱迪生、特斯拉、西屋电气带来的电气化。36.《The Path Between the Seas》……
…Winchester - Precision engineering. 30. The Little Engine That Could - Children's classic. 31. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell - Success mechanics. 32. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - Founding of Nike. 33. Black Hole Blues by Janna Levin - Building LIGO. 34. Freedom’s Forge - WWII industry mobilization. 35. Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes - Electrification by Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse. 36. The Path Between the Seas…
我之前参加过天体物理学家 Janna Levin 的一场讲座，她也是讲述 LIGO 的《Black Hole Blues》一书的作者。（比如 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/books/review-black-hole-b...）她把 LIGO 感知到的引力波（GWs）和电吉他做了一个绝妙的类比。也就是说，遥远的……
I was at a talk by Janna Levin, astrophysicist and author of a book Black Hole Blues that describes LIGO. (E.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/books/review-black-hole-b...) She gave a neat analogy between GWs, as sensed by LIGO, and an electric guitar. In the sense that a distant…
在 Janna Levin 写的《Black Hole Blues》[0] 一书中，她提到 LIGO 项目里有一位成员成了任何技术讨论大家必找的“核心骨干”（go to person），因为他对系统基础设施的绝大部分细节都烂熟于心。……
In the book Black Hole Blues by Janna Levin [0], she mentions that there was one member of the LIGO project who became the "go to" person for any technical discussions because they had memorized large parts of the infrastructure.…
下周四晚上，Sean Carroll 将在洛杉矶公共图书馆市中心分馆对 Janna Levin 进行访谈：http://lfla.org/event/black-hole-blues-songs-outer-space/
Sean Carroll is interviewing Janna Levin at the LA Public Library downtown branch, next Thursday night: http://lfla.org/event/black-hole-blues-songs-outer-space/