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Beauty of Falling : A Life in Pursuit of Gravity by Claudia de Rham (2024, Hardcover)

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Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a pilot, soaring over Canadian waterfalls on dark mornings before beginning her daily scientific research. As an astronaut candidate, dreaming of the experience of flying free from Earth’s pull.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691237484

ISBN-139780691237480

eBay Product ID (ePID)12063178707

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBeauty of Falling : Alife in Pursuit of Gravity

Publication Year2024

SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Astronomy, Physics / General, Gravity

TypeTextbook

AuthorClaudia De Rham

Subject AreaScience

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight14.9 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2023-022642

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews[Rham] provides an entertaining and insightful history and explanation of gravity infused with personal reminiscences and anecdotes., "[De Rham's] sense of wonderment is infectious. . . . de Rham's writing sometimes floats beyond gravity when considering concepts of curiosity, rules, uncertainty, perseverance, and most notably, failure. She decides that the benefit of falling is the opportunity to successfully get back up." ---Tony Miksanek, Booklist, [de Rham] provides an entertaining and insightful history and explanation of gravity infused with personal reminiscences and anecdotes., Those who enjoy the work of James Gleick and Brian Greene will find [ The Beauty of Falling ] an intriguing read. At the leading edge of science, this book combines innovative research with a personal story., An intriguing read. . . . At the leading edge of science, this book combines innovative research with a personal story., "Highlighting the main theories of gravity from Newton and Einstein to Hawking and Roger Penrose, [De Rham] produces a comprehensive overview of her scientific obsession." ---Hannah Beckerman, The Observer, "'What exactly is gravity?' is the question that drives Claudia de Rham's explorations of the puzzling, irresistible force that governs our universe. This part-memoir, part-textbook begins with a crash course in gravity's fundamental nature, from Newton and Galileo to black holes and dark energy. . . . The best moments, though, are when de Rham recounts her own interfaces with gravity--as a scuba diver, pilot, aspiring astronaut and theoretical physicist--giving this force an alluring personality." ---Lucy Tu, Scientific American, "[The book] describes physics in a way that is honest, clear and decidedly real. . . .An interesting story told by a warm, eager narrator." ---Amy Arthur, BBC Sky at Night, [T]hose who enjoy the work of James Gleick and Brian Greene will find [ The Beauty of Falling ] an intriguing read. At the leading edge of science, this book combines innovative research with a personal story., "[The book] describes physics in a way that is honest, clear and decidedly real. . . . An interesting story told by a warm, eager narrator." ---Amy Arthur, BBC Sky at Night, " The Beauty of Falling is a great book for young women in STEM to check out not only for interesting perspectives on gravity, but also to connect with de Rham through her story of being a woman in science." ---Hailey Dickinson, Yahoo!, " The Beauty of Falling is an enjoyable and relatively quick read: a first-hand and personal glimpse into the life of a theoretical physicist and the process of discovery." ---Kurt Hinterbichler, Cern Courier, "Highlighting the main theories of gravity from Newton and Einstein to Hawking and Roger Penrose, [de Rham] produces a comprehensive overview of her scientific obsession." ---Hannah Beckerman, The Observer, "[de Rham's] sense of wonderment is infectious. . . . de Rham's writing sometimes floats beyond gravity when considering concepts of curiosity, rules, uncertainty, perseverance, and most notably, failure. She decides that the benefit of falling is the opportunity to successfully get back up." ---Tony Miksanek, Booklist

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal531.14

SynopsisA world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life. Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body's buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot, soaring over Canadian waterfalls on dark mornings before beginning her daily scientific research. As an astronaut candidate, dreaming of the experience of flying free from Earth's pull. And as a physicist, discovering new sides to gravity's irresistible personality by exploring the limits of Einstein's general theory of relativity. In The Beauty of Falling , de Rham shares captivating stories about her quest to gain intimacy with gravity, to understand both its feeling and fundamental nature. Her life's pursuit led her from a twist of fate that snatched away her dream of becoming an astronaut to an exhilarating breakthrough at the very frontiers of gravitational physics. While many of us presume to know gravity quite well, the brightest scientists in history have yet to fully answer the simple question: what exactly is gravity? De Rham reveals how great minds -- from Newton and Einstein to Stephen Hawking, Andrea Ghez, and Roger Penrose -- led her to the edge of knowledge about this fundamental force. She found hints of a hidden side to gravity at the particle level where Einstein's theory breaks down, leading her to develop a new theory of 'massive gravity.' De Rham shares how her life's path turned from a precipitous fall to an exquisite flight toward the discovery of something entirely new about our surprising, gravity-driven universe., A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body's buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot, soaring over Canadian waterfalls on dark mornings before beginning her daily scientific research. As an astronaut candidate, dreaming of the experience of flying free from Earth's pull. And as a physicist, discovering new sides to gravity's irresistible personality by exploring the limits of Einstein's general theory of relativity. In The Beauty of Falling , de Rham shares captivating stories about her quest to gain intimacy with gravity, to understand both its feeling and fundamental nature. Her life's pursuit led her from a twist of fate that snatched away her dream of becoming an astronaut to an exhilarating breakthrough at the very frontiers of gravitational physics. While many of us presume to know gravity quite well, the brightest scientists in history have yet to fully answer the simple question: what exactly is gravity? De Rham reveals how great minds--from Newton and Einstein to Stephen Hawking, Andrea Ghez, and Roger Penrose--led her to the edge of knowledge about this fundamental force. She found hints of a hidden side to gravity at the particle level where Einstein's theory breaks down, leading her to develop a new theory of "massive gravity." De Rham shares how her life's path turned from a precipitous fall to an exquisite flight toward the discovery of something entirely new about our surprising, gravity-driven universe.

LC Classification NumberQC178.R55 2024