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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the subject of gravity in a fresh way, taking the reader from Newton to the frontiers of gravitational physics. Per Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravity is a manifestation of the curvature of spacetime, and this is an excellent and robust framework for understanding gravity in many situations. However, physicists nowadays also often understand gravity as the manifestation of a fundamental particle - the graviton - in...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Tell[s] the story of how our view of the universe has been shaped and informed by mathematics, particularly when it comes to the enigmatic workings of gravity. Mathematicians have played a pivotal role in investigating relativity and gravity, gaining insights on phenomena like black holes, gravitational waves, and the Big Bang--in some cases uncovering key results decades, or even a century, before any experimental or observational data became available....