The Universal Force
Gravity - Creator of Worlds
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 September 2007
- ISBN 9780199228966
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages318 pages
- Size 223x145x23 mm
- Weight 513 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book describes the growth of our understanding of gravity and the science on which it is based, from the early Greeks to Einstein's grand insights of curved space-time. Showing that science searches for the ultimate roots of natural phenomena and therefore pursues a kind of mysticism, the mysteries it unfolds are strange and enthralling.
MoreLong description:
"The Universal Force" conveys the excitement of science and nature's mysteries. It describes gravitation as seen by examining the achievements of those great scientists who have struggled with the seemingly simple facts and managed to extract some truth about the nature of gravity, its origins, and its effects. Gravity is intimately tied up with motion, and therefore with time and space, and is responsible for planetary systems, the evolution of stars and the existence of black holes and the very beginning of the Universe. It is the universal force, and to look at gravity is to look at the deepest aspects of nature.
The historical context from Aristotle's teleology through Galileo's conflict with the Church, to Newton's law, and Einstein's curved space time, displays the evolution of the science of gravity as one of the greatest and most fascinating human achievements. Contrary to popular opinion, all important science can be understood by anyone, with or without a scientific background. This book shows that the beauty and mysteries of science can be shared with everyone.
Girfalco's passionate book is a good introduction to the ancient history of cosmology, the personalities involved, and the experimental method.
Table of Contents:
The Seeker
The Giants
The First Modern Giant
The Grid
The Universal Force
The Laws
The System of the World
Force and Mass
Two More Giants
Ether
The Genius
Time and Space
It Really is True
The Space-Time Continuum
Time Warps and Bent Space
It Stands Alone
This too, is True
Crunch
Beyond Existence
Absolute Space?
Infinity
How Weird can it Get?
Scientific Truth
The Meaning of Why
Final Comments
