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The Ascent of Gravity

The Ascent of Gravity - Paperback

by Marcus Chown
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marcus ChownPublish date:2018-12-11Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781681779034ISBN-10:168177903XUPC:9781681779034Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, HistoryBook Topic:GravitySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCJPDPTSRN

Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a "force" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists.

Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." And penetrating that enigma promises to answer the biggest questions in science: what is space? What is time? What is the universe? And where did it all come from?

Award-winning writer Marcus Chown takes us on an unforgettable journey from the recognition of the "force" of gravity in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015. And, as we stand on the brink of a seismic revolution in our worldview, he brings us up to speed on the greatest challenge ever to confront physics.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781681779034ISBN-10:168177903XUPC:9781681779034Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, HistoryBook Topic:GravitySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCJPDPTSRN
Chown, Marcus: - Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. He is the author of Solar System, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, and The Magic Furnace. He lives in England.
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