Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
Contents:
Gravity in our myths -- Gravity in motion -- Gravity as a fiction -- Gravity as a fact -- Gravity as an equal -- Gravity in excelsis -- Gravity in our bones.
Summary:
"An award-winning science writer traces our millennia-long effort to understand the phenomenon of gravity--the greatest mystery in physics, and a force that has shaped our universe and our minds in ways we have never fully understood until now"-- Provided by publisher.
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