Author: Wheeler, John Archibald
Brand: W. H. Freeman
Edition: First Edition
Features:
- Used Book in Good Condition
Number Of Pages: 258
Release Date: 07-06-1999
Details: Gravity is not a force acting at a distance. It is mass gripping spacetime, telling it how to curve, and spacetime gripping mass, telling it how to move. According to preeminent physicist John Archibald Wheeler, gravity makes the closest connection between the world we see around us and the inner-most workings of the universe. In this imaginative volume, Wheeler explores gravity and spacetime by applying Einstein's battle-tested theory to both familiar and exotic phomomena--everything from flying tennis balls, to hurling gravity waves from crashing stars, the motion of the planets, and the collapse of a star into a black hole. It's a provocative, revealing, fully engaging scientific journey led by a frontline participant in the most important work in physics in the last 50 years.
EAN: 9780716760344
Languages: English
Binding: paperback
Item Condition: New
