{"product_id":"gravity-from-the-ground-up-an-introductory-guide-to-gravity-and-general-relativity-hardback-9780521455060","title":"Gravity from the Ground Up; An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity (Hardback) 9780521455060","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGravity from the Ground Up\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn accessible introduction to astronomy and general relativity, requiring only high-school level mathematics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernard Schutz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521455060, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e490 pages, 155 b\/w illus.  10 tables  100 exercises\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 20.1 x 3 cm, 1.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Altogether, this is a very illuminating work … The general reader will profit from the well thought-out representation, and the specialist will find many original new view-points for looking at well-known facts.' General Relativity and Gravitation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book invites the reader to understand our Universe, not just marvel at it. From the clock-like motions of the planets to the catastrophic collapse of a star into a black hole, gravity controls the Universe. Gravity is central to modern physics, helping to answer the deepest questions about the nature of time, the origin of the Universe and the unification of the forces of nature. Linking key experiments and observations through careful physical reasoning, the author builds the reader's insight step-by-step from simple but profound facts about gravity on Earth to the frontiers of research. Topics covered include the nature of stars and galaxies, the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, black holes, gravitational waves, inflation and the Big Bang. Suitable for general readers and for undergraduate courses, the treatment uses only high-school level mathematics, supplemented by optional computer programs, to explain the laws of physics governing gravity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Gravity on Earth: the inescapable force\u003cbr\u003e 2. And then came Newton: gravity takes center stage\u003cbr\u003e 3. Satellites: what goes up doesn't always come down\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Solar System: a triumph for Newtonian gravity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tides and tidal forces: the real signature of gravity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Interplanetary travel: the cosmic roller-coaster\u003cbr\u003e 7. Atmospheres: keeping planets covered\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gravity in the Sun: keeping the heat on\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reaching for the stars: the emptiness of outer space\u003cbr\u003e 10. The colors of stars: why they are black (bodies)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Stars at work: factories for the Universe\u003cbr\u003e 12. Birth to death: the life cycle of the stars\u003cbr\u003e 13. Binary stars: tidal forces on a huge scale\u003cbr\u003e 14. Galaxies: atoms in the Universe\u003cbr\u003e 15. Physics near the speed of light: Einstein stands on Galileo's shoulders\u003cbr\u003e 16. Relating to Einstein: logic and experiment in relativity\u003cbr\u003e 17. Spacetime geometry: finding out what is not relative\u003cbr\u003e 18. Einstein's gravity: the curvature of spacetime in the Solar System\u003cbr\u003e 19. Einstein's recipe: fashioning the geometry of gravity\u003cbr\u003e 20. Neutron stars: laboratories of strong gravity\u003cbr\u003e 21. Black holes: gravity's one-way street\u003cbr\u003e 22. Gravitational waves: gravity speaks\u003cbr\u003e 23. Gravitational lenses: bringing the Universe into focus\u003cbr\u003e 24. Cosmology: the study of everything\u003cbr\u003e 25. Big Bang: the seed from which we grew\u003cbr\u003e 26. Einstein's Universe: the geometry of cosmology\u003cbr\u003e 27. Ask the Universe: cosmic questions at the frontiers of gravity\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Useful constants: values used in this book\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. 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