Author: Bernard Schutz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: gravity, relativity, general, introductory, ground, guide
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 2003-11-30
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0521455065
ISBN-13: 9780521455060
This book provides an accessible introduction to astronomy and general relativity, aiming to explain the Universe, not just to describe it. Written by an expert in relativity who is known for his clearly-written advanced textbooks, the treatment uses only high-school level mathematics, supplemented by optional computer programs, to explain the laws of physics governing gravity from Galileo and Newton to Einstein.
Authors:Wolfgang Jacoby, Peter L. Smilde,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: gravity, interpretation, geological, inversion, fundamentals, application
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2009-03-23
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 3540853286
ISBN-13: 9783540853282
This text on gravity methods in geophysics is intended for students and earth scientists of all kinds e.g., geophysicists, geologists, and geodesists. It is structured in 7 chapters covering the basic problems and tasks: data acquisition and analysis; qualitative and quantitative geological interpretation aspects involving the basic theory of gravitation and its potential; methods of integration to solve "forward problems", and the theory of Bayesian inversion with a priori information offering many means of evaluating the results. The ideas are illustrated and documented by many practical exa
Author: Committee on Earth Gravity from SpaceNational Res
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: earth, fluid, envelopes, solid, study, gravity, geosphere, contributions, satellite
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 1997-09-02
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 0309057922
ISBN-13: 9780309057929
Report of the Committee on Earth Gravity from Space, U.S Geodynamics Committee of the National Research Council. Provides contributions to the study of the Solid Earth and its Fluid Envelope. Paper.
Author: George Gamow
Publisher: www.bnpublishing.net
Keywords: gravity
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2009-06-23
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1607961482
ISBN-13: 9781607961482
A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for explaining the intricacies of science. Here he takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely the process of free and restricted fall; Newton, originator of a universal force; and Einstein, who proposed that gravity is no more than the curvature of the four-dimensional space-time continuum. Most of the book is focused on Newton’s ideas, with a concluding chapter on post-Einsteinian speculations co
Author: Farnoosh Moshiri
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: gravity
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-12-27
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0143035681
ISBN-13: 9780143035688
Set in Houston in the mid-1980s, Against Gravity is a harrowing story of three lives colliding— Madison Kirby, an angry, dying intellectual; Ric Cardinal, a social worker dedicated to helping others but tormented by the son he cannot save; and Roya, a struggling Iranian immigrant who has traveled for years through the war-torn Middle East to arrive in Texas to eke out the most tenuous life for herself and her daughter. They each tell of their own lives, yet as their stories intertwine a portrait of shared struggle and loss emerges. A devastating and beautiful novel.
Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher: e-reads.com
Keywords: gravity, phases
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2004-04-27
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0759254419
ISBN-13: 9780759254411
Richard Baedecker thinks his greatest challenge was walking on the moon, but then he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join Baedecker as he comes to grips with the son and wife he lost in his passion for space exploration, his forgotten childhood and the loss he experienced during the death-flight of the Challenger. The most difficult exploration of his life is not the cold, rocky crevices of the moon, but the warm interior of his heart. Brilliant and beautifully written, PHASES OF GRAVITY is a masterpiece about love and loss that transports readers far beyond the confines of
Author: George Gamow
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: gravity
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2003-01-23
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0486425630
ISBN-13: 9780486425634
A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for explaining the intricacies of science. Here he takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely the process of free and restricted fall; Newton, originator of a universal force; and Einstein, who proposed that gravity is no more than the curvature of the four-dimensional space-time continuum. Most of the book is focused on Newton’s ideas, with a concluding chapter on post-Einsteinian speculations c
