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03789aam a2200553Ii 4500 001 CFECCF78B9A111E9BAE4600C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190808010021 008 180919s2018 sz a 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2018934918 020 $a 3319749587 020 $a 9783319749587 035 $a (OCoLC)1052900621 040 $a CSF $b eng $e rda $c CSF $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CSH $d IBI $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d L2U $d YDXIT $d TOH $d SILO 050 4 $a QB334 $b .M557 2018 082 04 $a 526.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Milsom, John, $e author. 245 14 $a The Hunt for Earth gravity : $b a history of gravity measurement from Galileo to the 21st century / $c John Milsom. 264 1 $a Switzerland : $b Springer, $c 2018. 300 $a xxi, 402 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Contains index (pages 393-402). 505 2 $a The Beginning -- The Making of a Map -- The Astronomers -- The Synthesis -- The Figure of the Earth -- The Attraction of Mountains -- The Pitfalls of Pendulums -- Change of a Change -- The Rise and Fall of Springs -- The Challenges of Motion -- The Return of the Gradient -- A Map of the World -- Epilogue -- The Codas -- Index. 520 $a "The author of this history of mankind's increasingly successful attempts to understand, to measure and to map the Earth's gravity field (commonly known as 'little g' or just 'g') has been following in the footsteps of pioneers, intermittently and with a variety of objectives, for more than fifty years. It is a story that begins with Galileo's early experiments with pendulums and falling bodies, progresses through the conflicts between Hooke and Newton and culminates in the measurements that are now being made from aircraft and satellites. The spectacular increases in accuracy that have been achieved during this period provide the context, but the main focus is on the people, many of whom were notable eccentrics. Also covered are the reasons WHY these people thought their measurements would be useful, with emphasis in later chapters on the place of 'g' in today's applied geology, and on the ways in which it is providing new and spectacular visions of our planet. It is also, in part, a personal memoir that explores the parallels between the way fieldwork is being done now and the difficulties that accompanied its execution in the past. Selected topics in the mathematics of 'g' are discussed in a series of short Codas." -- back cover of work 600 10 $a Bouguer, $c M. $q (Pierre), $d 1698-1758. 600 10 $a Brahe, Tycho, $d 1546-1601. 600 10 $a Galilei, Galileo, $d 1564-1642 600 10 $a Hooke, Robert, $d 1635-1703. 600 10 $a Kepler, Johannes, $d 1571-1630. 600 10 $a Newton, Isaac, $d 1642-1727. 600 17 $a Bouguer, $c M. $q (Pierre), $d 1698-1758. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00145279 600 17 $a Brahe, Tycho, $d 1546-1601. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00014906 600 17 $a Galilei, Galileo, $d 1564-1642 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029756 600 17 $a Hooke, Robert, $d 1635-1703. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00009590 600 17 $a Kepler, Johannes, $d 1571-1630. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00015428 600 17 $a Newton, Isaac, $d 1642-1727. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01801333 650 0 $a Gravity $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Pendulum $x History. 650 0 $a Double pendulums $x History. 650 7 $a Double pendulums. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00897101 650 7 $a Gravity $x Measurement. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00946892 650 7 $a Pendulum $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01056856 650 7 $a Gravitationstheorie. $2 gnd 650 7 $a 33.01 history of physics. $0 (NL-LeOCL)077595513 $2 nbc 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Gravity. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20190808010149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CFECCF78B9A111E9BAE4600C97128E48 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search