What Is Gravity

Author : Lisa Trumbauer
Publisher : C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780516258447
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Gravity? written by Lisa Trumbauer and published by C. Press/F. Watts Trade. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple introduction to gravity, describing what it is and giving some effects of this force.

Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1541504208
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Holds Us to Earth? written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ball drops to the ground. Leaves fall from a tree. Gravity is at work all around you. But what exactly is gravity? And how does it affect different objects? Read this book to find out! Learn all about matter, energy, and forces in the Exploring Physical Science series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Author : Douglas W. MacDougal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461454441
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newton's Gravity written by Douglas W. MacDougal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people, for example, know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the actual pulls of the Moon and Sun on the oceans. This book shows in clear detail how to do this with simple tools. It uniquely crosses disciplines – history, astronomy, physics and mathematics – and takes pains to explain things frequently passed over or taken for granted in other books. Using a problem-based approach, “Newton’s Gravity” explores the surprisingly basic mathematics behind gravity, the most fundamental force that governs the movements of satellites, planets, and the stars. Author Douglas W. MacDougal uses actual problems from the history of astronomy, as well as original examples, to deepen understanding of how discoveries were made and what they mean. “Newton’s Gravity” concentrates strongly on the development of the science of orbital motion, beginning with Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, each of whom is prominently represented. Quotes and problems from Galileo’s Dialogs Concerning Two New Sciences and particularly Newton’s Principia help the reader get inside the mind of those thinkers and see the problems as they saw them, and experience their concise and typically eloquent writing. This book enables students and curious minds to explore the mysteries of celestial motion without having to know advanced mathematics. It will whet the reader’s curiosity to explore further and provide him or her the tools (mathematical or physical) to do so.

Author : A. Zee
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691202664
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Gravity written by A. Zee and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most intimate. From the months each of us spent suspended in the womb anticipating birth to the moments when we wait for sleep to transport us to other realities, we are always aware of gravity. In On Gravity, physicist A. Zee combines profound depth with incisive accessibility to take us on an original and compelling tour of Einstein's general theory of relativity. Inspired by Einstein's audacious suggestion that spacetime could ripple, Zee begins with the stunning discovery of gravity waves. He goes on to explain how gravity can be understood in comparison to other classical field theories, presents the idea of curved spacetime and the action principle, and explores cutting-edge topics, including black holes and Hawking radiation. Zee travels as far as the theory reaches, leaving us with tantalizing hints of the utterly unknown, from the intransigence of quantum gravity to the mysteries of dark matter and energy. Concise and precise, and infused with Zee's signature warmth and freshness of style, On Gravity opens a unique pathway to comprehending relativity and gaining deep insight into gravity, spacetime, and the workings of the universe"--Publisher's website.

Author : Sir Isaac Newton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520321723
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World written by Sir Isaac Newton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1934.

Author : Cindy Blobaum
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619302055
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explore Gravity! written by Cindy Blobaum and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can something that grounds us and keeps us here on this earth be so invisible and mysterious? We’re not talking about anything abstract and undetectable. We’re talking about GRAVITY! Gravity is a force that affects everyone and everything. Gravity is something we can easily understand, even kids, especially if they have the right tools to teach them. Explore Gravity! With 25 Great Projects will introduce kids ages 6-9 to the basics of gravity, including concepts of matter, attraction, and gravitational pull. Projects include creating a working model of a scale to learn what “weight” really means and how it’s affected by gravity. By playing with various weights to make a marvelous mobile, readers learn about the center of balance and how martial artists use this knowledge to throw their weight around. All the projects in this book are easy to follow, require little adult supervision, and use commonly found household products, many from the recycling box! The fun facts, trivia, jokes, comics, and hands-on activities will help kids discover the captivating science of gravity. Furthermore, the informational text and hands-on activities will excite kids about STEM, the interrelated fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Author : Charles W. Misner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691177791
Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gravitation written by Charles W. Misner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spacetime physics -- Physics in flat spacetime -- The mathematics of curved spacetime -- Einstein's geometric theory of gravity -- Relativistic stars -- The universe -- Gravitational collapse and black holes -- Gravitational waves -- Experimental tests of general relativity -- Frontiers

Author : James B. Hartle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009051334
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gravity written by James B. Hartle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned relativist James Hartle's fluent and accessible physics-first introduction to general relativity uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications. This ground-breaking text, reissued by Cambridge University Press, makes this fundamental theory accessible to virtually all physics majors.

Author : Gregory Vogt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suited for Spacewalking written by Gregory Vogt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Physics written by Lawrence Davis and published by . This book was released on 201? with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Body Physics was designed to meet the objectives of a one-term high school or freshman level course in physical science, typically designed to provide non-science majors and undeclared students with exposure to the most basic principles in physics while fulfilling a science-with-lab core requirement. The content level is aimed at students taking their first college science course, whether or not they are planning to major in science. However, with minor supplementation by other resources, such as OpenStax College Physics, this textbook could easily be used as the primary resource in 200-level introductory courses. Chapters that may be more appropriate for physics courses than for general science courses are noted with an asterisk symbol (*). Of course this textbook could be used to supplement other primary resources in any physics course covering mechanics and thermodynamics"--Textbook Web page.