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I have a question on why study the gravitational waves? What do we gain from it?? User:Sjml9


 * Why did Maxwell waste his time studying Electromagnetism. Everyone knew it wasn't good for anything back in 1864.
 * Actually, although you weren't taught it in either high school or college, Maxwell's development of what are now known as Maxwell's equations was far more important than any other single event (or group of events) in the 19th century! The Mexican-American War; trivial. The American Civil War; in spite of what you were taught&mdash;trivial. The abolition of slavery in much of the world; well that's a little more important, but still small shakes compared to Maxwell's equations.
 * Maxwell's equations, developed in 1864, set the stage for electric lights powered by AC current, radio, television, computers, space flight, and almost everything we consider routine today. You'd still live in a world lit by fire without Maxwell's equations!
 * No one can assure you we're not wasting our time and money looking for gravitational waves. But your great-grandchildren (who will think your life was as primitive as you think your great-grandparents lives were) will live in a different world than you can even imagine.
 * Williamborg 03:52, 1 July 2006 (UTC)