The Ascent of Gravity (Hardcover)

from tjsjohanna

Four stars for readability in a subject that is challenging for lay readers. I will admit that when he got into the realms of quantum theory and string theory I struggled to follow his examples. But I did nonetheless get a good feel for how the theory of physics has evolved throughout history. I ...

from PDCRead

As the story goes, in 1666 Isaac Newton watched an apple fall from a tree, and it was this simple action that gave him the inspiration to develop the theory and the mathematics that was first published in 1687 in Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Phil...

from TeaTimeCoder

The irreverent and informal writing style is grating and doesn't contribute anything (with the bizarre biographical vignettes being the worst). Concentrates on Newton and then rushes through modern physics in a couple of pages.

from DavidWineberg

The Ascent of Gravity is a treat. It tells the story of what we know about gravity, based on the two biggest investigators of it. Marcus Chown has written a lively, engaging and often funny history of the most basic of scientific puzzles, one we still don't have a handle on. The book divides into...

from DavidWineberg

The Ascent of Gravity is a treat. It tells the story of what we know about gravity, based on the two biggest investigators of it. Marcus Chown has written a lively, engaging and often funny history of the most basic of scientific puzzles, one we still don't have a handle on. The book divides into...