{"product_id":"the-lighter-side-of-gravity-volume-0-9780521565653","title":"The Lighter Side of Gravity (Volume 0)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the drop of an apple to the stately dance of the galaxies  gravity is omnipresent in the Cosmos. Even with its high profile  gravity is the most enigmatic of all the known basic forces in nature. The Lighter Side of Gravity presents a beautifully clear and completely nontechnical introduction to the phenomenon of this force in all its manifestations. Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar begins with an historical background to the discovery of the law of gravitation by Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century. Using familiar analogies  interesting anecdotes  and numerous illustrations to get across subtle effects and difficult points to readers  he goes on to describe the general theory of relativity and some of its strange and unfamiliar ideas such as curved spacetime  the bending of light  and black holes. Since first publication in 1982 (W.H. Freeman)  Dr. Narlikar has brought his book completely up to date and expanded it to include the discovery of gigantic gravitational lenses in space  the findings of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite  the detection of dark matter in galaxies  the investigation of the very early Universe  and other new ideas in cosmology. This lucid and stimulating book presents a clear approach to the intriguing phenomenon of gravity for everyone who has ever felt caught in its grip. Jayant Narlikar is the winner of many astronomical prizes and the author of Introduction to Cosmology (Cambridge University Press  1993).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118357831733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521565650","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521565653.jpg?v=1776108635","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lighter-side-of-gravity-volume-0-9780521565653","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}