Gravity : how the weakest force in the universe shaped our lives /
Clegg, Brian.
Gravity : how the weakest force in the universe shaped our lives / Brian Clegg. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012. - 322 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showing how matter warps space and time. Not only did this explain how gravity worked - and how apparently simple gravitation has four separate components - but it predicted everything from black holes to gravity's effect on time. Whether it's the reality of anti-gravity or the unexpected discovery that a ball and a laser beam drop at the same rate, gravity is the force that fascinates"--
9780312616298 9781466802520 (e-book)
2012009439
Gravity.
Gravitation.
General relativity (Physics)
SCIENCE / Gravity.
QC178 / .C457 2012
539.7/54
Gravity : how the weakest force in the universe shaped our lives / Brian Clegg. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012. - 322 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showing how matter warps space and time. Not only did this explain how gravity worked - and how apparently simple gravitation has four separate components - but it predicted everything from black holes to gravity's effect on time. Whether it's the reality of anti-gravity or the unexpected discovery that a ball and a laser beam drop at the same rate, gravity is the force that fascinates"--
9780312616298 9781466802520 (e-book)
2012009439
Gravity.
Gravitation.
General relativity (Physics)
SCIENCE / Gravity.
QC178 / .C457 2012
539.7/54