Gravity

George Gamow

158 pages, parution le 15/05/2003

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Résumé

A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for explaining the intricacies of science. In Gravity, he takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to take a close look at the process of free and restricted fall; Newton, originator of a universal force; and Einstein, who proposed that gravity is no more than the curvature of the four-dimensional space-time continuum. Most of the book is focused on Newton's ideas, with a concluding chapter on post-Einsteinian speculations concerning the relationship between gravity and other physical phenomena. This remarkably reader-friendly volume is graced with the author's own drawings, both technical and fanciful.

Contents

How Things Fall
The Apple and the Moon
Calculus
Planetary Orbits
The Earth as a Spinning Top
The Tides
Triumphs of Celestial Mechanics
Escaping Gravity
Einstein's Theory of Gravity
Unsolved Problems of Gravity
Gravity and Quantum Theory
Antigravity

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Dover
Auteur(s)	George Gamow
Parution	15/05/2003
Nb. de pages	158
Format	13,5 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	195g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780486425634
ISBN13	978-0-486-42563-4