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"Forces and motion are at work all around you--when you kick a ball, ride a bike, or drop a book. But what exactly are forces? And how do they make things move? For thousands of years, scientists have been testing hypotheses about forces and motion and learning from the results of their experiments. These lead to more questions: Why do you speed up when you're biking down a hill? Why are heavier objects harder to pull? Why doesn't the moon float off...
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We all encounter gravity every day, but most people have little understanding of what gravity actually involves. We all learned about Newton in high school, but that interpretation is not a complete description of gravity. However, those interested in the subject quickly learn that the math used in our modern explanation of gravity (General Relativity) is overwhelming, suggesting that gravity can only be truly understood by highly trained scientists...
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In Newton's view, all objects exert a force that attracts other objects. That universal law of gravitation worked pretty well for predicting the motion of planets as well as objects on Earth and it's still used, for example, when making the calculations for a rocket launch. But Newton's view of gravity didn't work for some things, like Mercury's peculiar orbit around the sun. The orbits of planets shift over time, and Mercury's orbit shifted faster...
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Hey are you interested in knowing the answers to the questions like why our universe is expanding, how a photon sees our universe, Is everything predestined in photon's perspective. and can gravity of black hole can be lensed by gravitational wavs to create a virtual black hole with no mass ? And many more. Then you should not hesitate to grab this book.
Hey Hi, I am Hiten Shelar, an Astrophysicist and Philosopher. When I was a newbie to Cosmology...
45) Astrophysics for Non-Mathematicians: How to Picture This Universe at Bizarre Spacetime Curvatures
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Satisfy your curiosity to learn complex astrophysics concepts non-mathematically.If you are curious to enjoy complex astrophysics concepts and want to skip math in between and rather enjoy physical illustrations then you are at the right place. Don't let complex differential calculus, tensors, coordinate transformations, etc hinder your curiosity to know our universe (at least at some scale!). The book will fulfill your non-physicist level of curiosity...
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Balungi explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Think Physics is a series aimed to solving the big problems in physics. The book targets topics that researchers and students spend time wondering about, like the origin of gravity and the universe. It also goes into the theories that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong a rarity in science books. Think Physics series is a rigorously correct, lighthearted, and cleverly...
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Ancient humans must have found eclipses unnerving and unpredictable. Periodically, they are not easy to understand because of their complex nature. It is both dramatic and transient when a solar eclipse takes place. Due to diffraction on the moon's surface and its jaggedness, a solar eclipse appears to remove the sun from the sky as the sun disappears. However this simple explanation has fascinated humans for thousands of years. Shrouded in mystery...
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In Newton's view, all objects exert a force that attracts other objects. That universal law of gravitation worked pretty well for predicting the motion of planets as well as objects on Earth and it's still used, for example, when making the calculations for a rocket launch. But unfortunately it cannot be derived from first principles.
While Newton was able to formulate his law of gravity in his monumental work, he was deeply uncomfortable with the...
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Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics.
Although this might be true, I believe that everything must have an...
50) Density
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"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to density. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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Everything moves! Kids run around the playground, cars drive on the road, and balls fly through the air. What causes all this motion? Physics! Forces and motion rule the way everything moves through space. In Explore Forces and Motion! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 discover that the push and pull of every object on the planet and in space depends on how a force acts upon it. Things float because of a force called buoyancy, we stick...
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Reveals the secrets, monsters, and mysteries of Gravity Falls as originally written by the author, with updated entries from Dipper and Mabel on their summer adventures.
"If you're a fan of the show, or just someone who likes to be confused, delighted, and horrified (in that order!), then you're in luck!"--Jacket.
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"Each book in the My Science Fun series includes a simple experiment for the earliest readers. This book features step-by-step instructions on playing with gravity while encouraging further exploration on the topic. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition and reading skills."--
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At the end of this book, you should demonstrate understanding of how the gravitation effect of the moon affects the Earth's tides. You will see familiar terms as you go over the contents of this book, such as gravity. Find out how gravity, the moon and Earth interact with each other.
57) Prove Physics
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Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics. Although this might be true, I believe that everything must have an...
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Jed Z. Buchwald is the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology. His books include The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs and The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science (both Princeton).
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Here's a physics book that discusses gravity and weight in a way that a sixth grader understands. Using this science book, your child will learn to distinguish between mass and weight. He/She will also learn how gravity affects masses. Lastly, the book will teach your child about the appropriate measuring instruments and units.
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Stars. Massive gaseous bodies that radiate light derived from their internal sources. Only a very small percentage of the trillions of stars that make up the observable universe are visible with the naked eye. Several stars form pairs, multiple systems, or constellations. The members of such stellar groups have a common origin and are bound together by their mutual gravitational attraction. In some ways, star clusters and stellar associations are...
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