A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime ( Scientific American Library
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In this imaginative volume, Wheeler explores gravity and spacetime by applying Einsteins 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. Its 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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تاریخ انتشار 2012