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The Ascent of Gravity Marcus Chown

The Ascent of Gravity von Marcus Chown

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Zusammenfassung

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.

The Ascent of Gravity Zusammenfassung

The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything Marcus Chown

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.

The Ascent of Gravity Bewertungen

Delightful. Chown makes his discussion of bizarre phenomena, such as the way rotation actually distorts space intelligible and entertaining. -- Wall Street Journal
Award-winning Chown offers nonscientists an easily digestible guidebook to everything currently known about gravity, while arguing that a better understanding of this ubiquitous force will help penetrate the deepest mysteries of our universe. In prose refreshingly free of formulas and jargon, Chown once again establishes himself as a first- rate popular-science writer. -- Booklist
Gravity's strength is minuscule, yet it dominates the universe. Science writers have not ignored the subject, but the world-shaking 2015 discovery of gravitational waves is provoking a flurry of updates. Chown is early out of the gate, and readers searching for a lucid popular account would do well to start here. A fine report on the latest piece of the puzzle that may, sooner or later, enable physicists to explain everything. -- Kirkus Reviews
Chown details nature's most familiar force in this sleek, well-paced account of gravity. Meticulously organized and researched.
-- Publishers Weekly
Chown's book offers readers and their inner atoms an enjoyable introduction to that history. -- Science [praise for Marcus Chown]
In a series of artfully connected and well-crafted stories, Marcus Chown traces humanity's 2,500-year quest to understand the nature and origin of matter. -- Dallas Morning News [praise for Marcus Chown]
Reading a well-written popular science book is one of the great pleasures of modern times, and this guided tour through life, the universe and everything affords that pleasure in abundance. -- The Independent (UK) [praise for Marcus Chown]
A pretty wonderful book. -- Richard Dawkins, author of 'The Magic of Reality' [praise for Marcus Chown]

Über Marcus Chown

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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GOR012128299
9781681775371
1681775379
The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything Marcus Chown
Marcus Chown
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Pegasus Books
20171107
256
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