Gravity
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Overview
A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for explaining the intricacies of science. Here he takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely 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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781607961482
- ISBN-10: 1607961482
- Publisher: www.bnpublishing.com
- Publish Date: June 2009
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.36 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
- Page Count: 156
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