Gravity's arc : the story of gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and beyond / David Darling.
Gravity's arc : the story of gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and beyond / David Darling.
Gravity's arc : the story of gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and beyond / David Darling.
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Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N531.14/14
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Prelude: The weighting game -- No laughing matter -- Path of dissent -- The Parabolic man -- The day the sky fell -- Escape from earth -- One of our planets is missing -- When gravity became geometry -- Alpha and omega -- The ripples of space -- Disturbing news -- In the dark -- All together now --...
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Publisher
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, 2006.
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New Jersey
Date Published
2006.
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"Gravity shapes our bones and bodies. It ensures that what goes up comes down. We've studied it for millennia. But is what we know about it wrong? The NASA probes Pioneer 10 and 11 are not where they should be, and pendulums have gone haywire during solar eclipses. Nothing in current gravitational theory explains these bizarre behaviors, which begs...
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Gravity's arc : the story of gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and beyond / David Darling.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N531.14/14
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74VKvJyKkXBO
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0471719897 (cloth)
9780471719892 (cloth)
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531.14
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991021500119702626
