The Gravity of the Situation: POPULAR PHYSICS BOOKS MAKE SCIENCE CHEAP, EASY, AND ENTERTAINING. THE PROBLEM IS, THEY OFTEN MISLEAD.
The article focuses on popular physics book to understand relativity, quantum physics, and cosmology. It mentions book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" proposed gravity as a force pervading the universe and Newtonian system reigned for more than two centuries. It also mentions Albert E...
| Publicado en: | American Scholar Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 84 - 97 |
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Autumn2020
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on popular physics book to understand relativity, quantum physics, and cosmology. It mentions book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" proposed gravity as a force pervading the universe and Newtonian system reigned for more than two centuries. It also mentions Albert Einstein proposed two revolutionary theories such as special relativity and general relativity. It also mentions marble is unmoving while sitting on the table because an electrostatic force. |
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