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The Ascent of Gravity

The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything


  • Orion (Hachette)
  • by Marcus Chown
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.

ISBN 9781474601887 | EN | PB
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Publisher Orion (Hachette)
ISBN 9781474601887
Author(s) Marcus Chown
Publication date April 2018
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 256
Language(s) English ed.
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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.