The universal force /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| 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 |