"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A brief history of gravitational radiation -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Sources of gravitational radiation -- 1.3. Gravitational waves from general relativity -- 1.4. Background reading2. General theoretical considerations about the cosm…