A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (Scientific American Library)
by Wheeler, John Archibald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0716750163
- ISBN 13
- 9780716750161
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About This Item
W H Freeman & Co (Scientific American Library), 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 26.24.4. New, With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket Vintage For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Gravity Is Not A Force Acting At A Distance. It Is Mass Gripping Spacetime, Telling It How To Curve, And Spacetime Gripping Mass, Telling It How To Move. According To Preeminent Physicist John Archibald Wheeler, Gravity Makes The Closest Connection Between The World We See Around Us And The Inner-Most Workings Of The Universe. In This Imaginative Volume, Wheeler Explores Gravity And Spacetime By Applying Einstein's Battle-Tested Theory To Both Familiar And Exotic Phomomena--Everything From Flying Tennis Balls, To Hurling Gravity Waves From Crashing Stars, The Motion Of The Planets, And The Collapse Of A Star Into A Black Hole. It's A Provocative, Revealing, Fully Engaging Scientific Journey Led By A Frontline Participant In The Most Important Work In Physics In The Last 50 Years
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003247
- Title
- A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (Scientific American Library)
- Author
- Wheeler, John Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0716750163
- ISBN 13
- 9780716750161
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Co (Scientific American Library)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 257
- Size
- 26.24.4
- Keywords
- Environment, Climate Change, Science, Ecology, Sustainability, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Technology, Education, Space, Nature, Research, Kids Science, General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science - Technology;
- X weight
- 1.3 kg
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