Analysis for Science Librarians of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics: Making the Invisible Visible

摘要

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thome, and Barry C. Barish. Each scientist played a critical role in the creation of the gravitational wave observatory that would eventually detect the first binary black hole merger on September 14, 2015. This paper provides a short overview of the history of gravitational wave searches, the LIGO team, and the discovery, followed by profiles of each scientist, with an emphasis on bibliometrics.