jameson-rollins-ligo-the-dawn-of-gravitational-wave-astronomy.json

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  "copyright_text": "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)",
  "description": "Jameson Rollins - LIGO: The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy\n[EuroPython 2016]\n[20 July 2016]\n[Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain]\n(https://ep2016.europython.eu//conference/talks/keynote-ligo)\n\nScientists have been searching for the elusive gravitational wave for\nmore than half a century.  Hear how they finally found them, and the\nrole that Python played in the discovery.\n\n-----\n\nScientists have been searching for the elusive gravitational wave for\nmore than half a century.  On September 14, 2015, the Laser\nInterferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) finally observed\nthe gravitational wave signature from the merger of two black holes.\nThis detection marks the dawn of a new age of *gravitational wave\nastronomy*, where we routinely hear the sounds emanating from deep\nwithin the most energetic events in the Universe.  This talk will\ncover the events leading up to one of the most important discoveries\nof the last century, and the myriad of ways in which Python enabled\nthe effort.",
  "duration": 3377,
  "language": "eng",
  "recorded": "2016-08-01",
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  "speakers": [
    "Jameson Rollins"
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  "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qSlwRwFsUOI/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "title": "LIGO: The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy",
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