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The Resource The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown
The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown
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The item The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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- Discusses the concept of gravity from its earliest recognition in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, and explains why gravity holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe
- "Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe. 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."--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 267 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword: Six things you may not know about gravity
- Part one: Newton. The Moon is falling ; The last of the magicians ; Beware the tides of March ; Map of the invisible world
- Part two: Einstein. Catch me if you can ; Ode to a falling man ; Where God divided by zero
- Part three: Beyond Einstein. A quantum of space-time ; The undiscovered country
- Isbn
- 9781681775371
- Label
- The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything
- Title
- The ascent of gravity
- Title remainder
- the quest to understand the force that explains everything
- Statement of responsibility
- Marcus Chown
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Discusses the concept of gravity from its earliest recognition in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, and explains why gravity holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe
- "Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe. 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."--Dust jacket flap
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- Chown, Marcus
- Dewey number
- 531/.14
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC178
- LC item number
- .C278 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Gravity
- Gravitation
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- The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index
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- Foreword: Six things you may not know about gravity -- Part one: Newton. The Moon is falling ; The last of the magicians ; Beware the tides of March ; Map of the invisible world -- Part two: Einstein. Catch me if you can ; Ode to a falling man ; Where God divided by zero -- Part three: Beyond Einstein. A quantum of space-time ; The undiscovered country
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 267 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681775371
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- 1588009
- (OCoLC)ocn975119584
- Label
- The ascent of gravity : the quest to understand the force that explains everything, Marcus Chown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- Foreword: Six things you may not know about gravity -- Part one: Newton. The Moon is falling ; The last of the magicians ; Beware the tides of March ; Map of the invisible world -- Part two: Einstein. Catch me if you can ; Ode to a falling man ; Where God divided by zero -- Part three: Beyond Einstein. A quantum of space-time ; The undiscovered country
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 267 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681775371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)975119584
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