Gravity's Arc
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book recaps man's age-old quest to understand gravity, from Aristotle's ideas about objects falling to their "natural place" through Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. It explores some of the problems facing our current understanding of how gravity works,...
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This book recaps man's age-old quest to understand gravity, from Aristotle's ideas about objects falling to their "natural place" through Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. It explores some of the problems facing our current understanding of how gravity works, including the strange behavior of pendulums during eclipses and the anomalous trajectories of the deep-space Pioneer probes. And it considers possibilities for the future: efforts to detect gravity waves, the discovery of dark energy, and, in decades to come, devising a form of antigravity, achieving "warp drive," and even creating miniature black holes and embryonic universes.
Advance Praise for Gravity's Arc
"A beautifully written exposition of the still mysterious force that holds our universe together--and the even more mysterious dark twin that may blow it apart."
--Joshua Gilder, coauthor of Heavenly Intrigue
"A lucid book as up-to-date as the effect of gravity on the bones of astronauts."
--Denis Brian, author of The Unexpected Einstein
How did they do it?
How did one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived retard the study of gravity for 2,000 years? How did a gluttonous tyrant with a gold nose revolutionize our view of the solar system? How could an eccentric professor shake the foundations of an entire belief system by dropping two objects from a tower? How did a falling apple turn the thoughts of a reclusive genius toward the moon? And how could a simple patent clerk change our entire view of the universe by imagining himself riding on a beam of light?
In Gravity's Arc, you'll discover how some of the most colorful, eccentric, and brilliant people in history first locked, then unlocked the door to understanding one of nature's most essential forces. You'll find out why Aristotle's misguided conclusions about gravity became an unassailable part of Christian dogma, how Galileo slowed down time to determine how fast objects fall, and why Isaac Newton erased every mention of one man's name from his magnum opus Principia. You'll also figure out what Einstein meant when he insisted that space is curved, whether there is really such a thing as antigravity, and why some scientists think that the best way to get to outer space is by taking an elevator.
"A beautifully written exposition of the still mysterious force that holds our universe together--and the even more mysterious dark twin that may blow it apart."
--Joshua Gilder, coauthor of Heavenly Intrigue
"A lucid book as up-to-date as the effect of gravity on the bones of astronauts."
--Denis Brian, author of The Unexpected Einstein
How did they do it?
How did one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived retard the study of gravity for 2,000 years? How did a gluttonous tyrant with a gold nose revolutionize our view of the solar system? How could an eccentric professor shake the foundations of an entire belief system by dropping two objects from a tower? How did a falling apple turn the thoughts of a reclusive genius toward the moon? And how could a simple patent clerk change our entire view of the universe by imagining himself riding on a beam of light?
In Gravity's Arc, you'll discover how some of the most colorful, eccentric, and brilliant people in history first locked, then unlocked the door to understanding one of nature's most essential forces. You'll find out why Aristotle's misguided conclusions about gravity became an unassailable part of Christian dogma, how Galileo slowed down time to determine how fast objects fall, and why Isaac Newton erased every mention of one man's name from his magnum opus Principia. You'll also figure out what Einstein meant when he insisted that space is curved, whether there is really such a thing as antigravity, and why some scientists think that the best way to get to outer space is by taking an elevator.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Gravity's Arc “
Prelude: The Weighting Game. 1 No Laughing Matter.
2 The Path of Dissent.
3 The Parabolic Man.
4 The Day the Sky Fell.
5 Escape from Earth.
6 One of Our Planets Is Missing.
7 When Gravity Became Geometry.
8 Alpha and Omega.
9 The Ripples of Space.
10 Disturbing News.
11 In the Dark.
12 All Together Now.
13 Engineers of the Continuum.
References. Bibliography. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von David Darling
David Darling, Ph.D., received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of Manchester, England, and now lives with his family in rural Minnesota. More information on spaceflight may be found at www. daviddarling.info.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Darling
- 2006, 288 Seiten, Maße: 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0471719897
- ISBN-13: 9780471719892
Sprache:
Englisch
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"...closer than most to explaining the mysteries behind the force." - What's On in London, August 2006
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