The universal force

The universal force / Louis A. Girifalco.

Girifalco describes the growth of our understanding of gravity and the science on which it is based, from the early Greeks to Einstein's grand insights of curved space-time. Showing that science searches for the ultimate roots of natural phenomena and pursues a kind of mysticism, the mysteries...

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Main Author: Girifalco, L. A. (Louis A.) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Gravitation.
Gravity.
Gravitation > History.
Gravity > History.
SCIENCE > Gravity.
Gravitation
Gravity
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Girifalco describes the growth of our understanding of gravity and the science on which it is based, from the early Greeks to Einstein's grand insights of curved space-time. Showing that science searches for the ultimate roots of natural phenomena and pursues a kind of mysticism, the mysteries it unfolds are enthralling.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 297 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index.
ISBN:9780191527975
0191527971
0199642133
9780199642137
9786611150204
661115020X
1281150207
9781281150202
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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