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...

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Published in:	American Scholar Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 84 - 97
Main Author:	LIEBERMAN, JETHRO K.
Format:	Article
Published:	Phi Beta Kappa Society Autumn2020
Subjects:	Physics Quantum theory Metaphysical cosmology Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Book) Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 General relativity (Physics) Special relativity (Physics)
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