A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime by John Archibald Wheeler
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A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
Summary
An introduction to Einstein's geometric theory of gravity and its implications for the relationship between mass and spacetime. Arguing that gravity closely connects the world around us and the innermost workings of the universe, the book applies Einstein's theory to many different phenomena.
A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime Summary
Table of Contents
Great men, great ideas; from fall to float; interval - revelation that all of space is ours; boomerang through the Earth; tides - the grip of mass on spacetime; momenergy - the grip of spacetime on mass; the boundary of a boundary - where the action is; from potter's wheel to space geometry; picturing space and spacetime around a centre of mass; stones in flight and planets in orbit; gravity waves; black holes; a farewell look at gravity.
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GOR005301102
9780716760344
0716760347
A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime by John Archibald Wheeler
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Scientific American Library
19990607
258
N/A
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