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Drever, Ligo
Robert Crawford's poetic meditation on the life of physicist Ronald Drever and his role in the detection of Gravitational Waves.
The detection of Gravitational Waves in 2015 was hailed as an astounding breakthrough in the world of physics and a triumph for the. LIGO project, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. But the discovery was also a triumph for the men and women who had worked at LIGO during tumultuous times. DREVER, LIGO, is the poet Robert Crawford's meditation on the Scottish physicist Ronald Drever, and his role in the search for Gravitational Waves.
Music by Jeremy Thurlow.
Producer: David Stenhouse.
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Fri 9 Aug 201922:30
BBC Radio 3
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- Sat 10 Feb 201821:45BBC Radio 3
- Fri 9 Aug 201922:30BBC Radio 3
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