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005			20180722225643.0
008			170310t20172017nyu b 001 0 eng d
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019			_a975366174
020			_a9781681775371 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1681775379 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)975119584 _z(OCoLC)975366174
092			_a531.14 _bC552
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aChown, Marcus, _eauthor. _9195815
245	1	4	_aThe ascent of gravity : _bthe quest to understand the force that explains everything / _cMarcus Chown.
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017
300			_axviii, 267 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index.
505	0		_aForeword: Six things you may not know about gravity -- Part one: Newton. The Moon is falling ; The last of the magicians ; Beware the tides of March ; Map of the invisible world -- Part two: Einstein. Catch me if you can ; Ode to a falling man ; Where God divided by zero -- Part three: Beyond Einstein. A quantum of space-time ; The undiscovered country.
520			_aDiscusses the concept of gravity from its earliest recognition in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, and explains why gravity holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe.
520			_a"Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe. Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a "force" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists. Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." And penetrating that enigma promises to answer the biggest questions in science: what is space? What is time? What is the universe? And where did it all come from? Award-winning writer Marcus Chown takes us on an unforgettable journey from the recognition of the "force" of gravity in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015. And, as we stand on the brink of a seismic revolution in our worldview, he brings us up to speed on the greatest challenge ever to confront physics."--Dust jacket flap.
650		0	_aGravity. _9172140
650		0	_aGravitation. _9144585
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