What happens when black holes collide? | EXPERT ANSWERS PHYSICS GIRL QUESTIONS

Webber (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weber), the father of experimental gravitational wave research, taught a class I was in in grad school.  It’s a bit sad because even in the lecture it was clear that he was profoundly frustrated by his inability to convince the community that he detected gravitational waves, as he believed.  If he had been convinced and subsequently acknowledged that he wasn’t able to make the detection, he would have avoided a bitter struggle and maybe received satisfaction for what he began (against long odds...most people thought this experimental pursuit was a waste of time).  But he founded the field, and that’s not a bad legacy to have!