04707cam a2200997 4500 1200175208 TxAuBib 20240404120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780691262130 0691262136 71c82290-9cb0-4c8b-bc5a-0871bebe092f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10467201 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib de Rham, Claudia. The Beauty of Falling [Libby] : A Life in Pursuit of Gravity. Princeton University Press, 2024. diving. planets. Gravity. hawking. Quantum Theory. Physics. astronaut. Peru. Relativity. Newton. Electromagnetic Waves. cosmology. Science. dark energy. einstein. space. dark matter. gravitational force . Theoretical Physics. Madagascar. Universe. flying. Milky Way. Inertia. Travel. galaxy. orbit. light. kepler. Gravitational waves. galileo. Free Fall. special relativity. women in science. science books. law of gravity. laws of physics. maxwell's equations. spacetime. Women in Physics. Massive Gravity. James Webb Telescope. relative motion. Penrose. Gravitational attraction. Albert Michelson. Law of universal gravitation. gravitons. Princeton University Press. Nobel Prize for Physics. books about space: Sun. Claudia de Rham. edward morley. Ghez. glight. light interferometer. luminiferous aether. science of gravity. why is gravity important. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 211MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 210MB. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>This audiobook narrated by Juliet Stevenson shares the story of a world-renowned physicist who seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life</b><br /> 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 <i>The Beauty of Falling</i>, 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.<br /> 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.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-04-03 20:00:03. Stevenson, Juliet. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71c82290-9cb0-4c8b-bc5a-0871bebe092f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71c82290-9cb0-4c8b-bc5a-0871bebe092f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)