000281619 000__ 02453cam\a22003134a\45e0 000281619 001__ 281619 000281619 005__ 20210513104616.0 000281619 008__ 020123s2003\\\\enka\\\\\\\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000281619 010__ $$a 2002020176 000281619 020__ $$a0521455065 000281619 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm48871210 000281619 035__ $$a281619 000281619 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dEYE$$dSYB 000281619 042__ $$apcc 000281619 049__ $$aISEA 000281619 05000 $$aQC178$$b.S36 2003 000281619 08200 $$a531/.14$$221 000281619 1001_ $$aSchutz, Bernard F. 000281619 24510 $$aGravity from the ground up /$$cBernard Schutz. 000281619 260__ $$aCambridge ;$$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2003. 000281619 300__ $$axxvi, 462 p. :$$bill. ;$$c26 cm. 000281619 500__ $$aIncludes index. 000281619 50500 $$tGravity on Earth: the inescapable force --$$tAnd then came Newton: gravity takes center stage --$$tSatellites: what goes up doesn't always come down --$$tThe Solar System: a triumph for Newtonian gravity --$$tTides and tidal forces: the real signature of gravity --$$tInterplanetary travel: the cosmic roller-coaster --$$tAtmospheres: keeping planets covered --$$tGravity in the Sun: keeping the heat on --$$tReaching for the stars: the emptiness of outer space --$$tThe colors of stars: why they are black (bodies) --$$tStars at work: factories for the Universe --$$tBirth to death: the life cycle of the stars --$$tBinary stars: tidal forces on a huge scale --$$tGalaxies: atoms in the Universe --$$tPhysics near the speed of light: Einstein stands on Galileo's shoulders -- 000281619 50500 $$tRelating to Einstein: logic and experiment in relativity --$$tSpacetime geometry: finding out what is not relative --$$tEinstein's gravity: the curvature of spacetime in the Solar System --$$tEinstein's recipe: fashioning the geometry of gravity --$$tNeutron stars: laboratories of strong gravity --$$tBlack holes: gravity's one-way street --$$tGravitational waves: gravity speaks --$$tGravitational lenses: bringing the Universe into focus --$$tCosmology: the study of everything --$$tBig Bang: the seed from which we grew --$$tEinstein's Universe: the geometry of cosmology --$$tAsk the Universe: cosmic questions at the frontiers of gravity --$$tAppendix A.$$tUseful constants: values used in this book --$$tAppendix B.$$tBackground: what you need to know before you start. 000281619 650_0 $$aGravitation. 000281619 650_0 $$aGravity. 000281619 85200 $$bgen$$hQC178$$i.S36$$i2003 000281619 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/2002020176.html 000281619 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/2002020176.html 000281619 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:281619$$pGLOBAL_SET 000281619 980__ $$aBIB 000281619 980__ $$aBOOK 000281619 994__ $$aE0$$bISE