The Ascent of Gravity - The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything
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 i…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-68177-537-1
- EAN: 9781681775371
- Produktnummer: 22546261
- Verlag: Pegasus Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 666 g
- Gewicht: 666
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
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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