92 Best Gravity Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

1

Gravitation

Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler, David I. Kaiser

5.0

First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein's general theory of relativity and offers a rigorous, full-year course on the physics of gravitation. Upon publication, Science called it "a pedagogic masterpiece," and it has since become a classic, considered essential reading for every serious student and researcher in the field of relativity. This

Recommended by Eric Weinstein, Kirk Borne, and Seamus Blackley.

Eric Weinstein

Managing Director/Thiel Capital

Eric Weinstein recommended this book on Twitter. [source]

Kirk Borne

#Gravity is the only one of the four fundamental forces of #Physics that doesn’t (yet) have a quantum explanation — learn how our understanding of Gravity has evolved, from Newton’s great insight to Einstein’s: https://t.co/DZJz9OJ9Lv 👇See this gravitationally heavy 3-kg book👇 https://t.co/9whUOUJqxi [source]

Seamus Blackley

A couple things saved me. One of them I found the other day, slipped into my all time favorite physics book. It was a simple note from my dad, still in it’s envelope. It said that he believed in me, and that things would work out. https://t.co/z48r12w6m6 [source]

2

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Richard P. Feynman

5.0

The legendary introduction to physics from the subject's greatest teacher
"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning a book that has remained a definitive introduction to physics for decades. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics

Recommended by Bill Gates and David Bainbridge.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

You don't have to take a course to learn physics. If you're hardcore, read the Feynman book and do the problems. [source]

David Bainbridge

I think that he is one of the most intelligent people to live in the 20th century. Yet at the same time, surprisingly, he is an amazingly good teacher. This is quite an unusual combination. [source]

3

Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength

Steven Low, Valentin Uzunov

5.0

A lost friend, a new love, and a town full of secrets... One night in the town of Hell, Ariel's best friend goes missing. Those around her believe Jenna ran away, but when Ariel is tormented by nightmares and paranormal activity, she realizes Jenna's disappearance was part of a bigger mystery. Ariel's obsession with haunted houses and horror movies makes her the perfect detective.

But to complicat

4

Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity

Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell, Erica Segre

4.9

“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.

What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life

Recommended by Caspar Henderson.

Caspar Henderson

He’s got a good, simple style, and he has a great capability to explain. [source]

5

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Sean Carroll

4.8

As you read these words, copies of you are being created.

Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. His r

Recommended by Ezra Klein.

Ezra Klein

This is a good place to recommend @seanmcarroll's new book "Something Deeply Hidden," which is great if you like feeling very confused about the nature of reality, which I guess I do https://t.co/C2gfupSJAO [source]

6

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher

Richard P. Feynman

4.8

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard P. Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics—specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader—with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. Nobe

Recommended by Kate Lee (St Paul's Girls' School).

Kate Lee (St Paul's Girls' School)

Feynman could write about difficult physics and teach it in a way that no one else could. He is widely regarded as one of the best physics teachers of all time. His discussions of Newtonian gravitation and how we came to it, phenomena like tides, and how you can measure the speed of light by observing Jupiter’s moons are described with such humour and clarity. He conveys the excitement of physics [source]

7

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Sabine Hossenfelder

4.7

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science.

Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in th

Recommended by Barbara Kiser.

Barbara Kiser

This is a firecracker of a book—a shot across the bows of theoretical physics. Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist working on quantum gravity and blogger, confronts failures in her field head-on. [source]

8

Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

Michio Kaku

4.7

In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own. Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which pos

9

Velocity (Gravity, #4)

Abigail Boyd

4.7

The final book in the "Gravity" series.

The end is finally here. After being threatened by Phillip Rhodes, Ariel confronts her father and finds out just how deeply the conspiracies in town run. She discovers more about what she is and where she came from. Gathering an opposition against Thornhill, they must stop the cult from performing a final ritual that will plunge the town into Dark, forever.

10

Pining Away (Gravity Falls)

Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team, et al.

4.7

On the night of the Party at the Mystery Shack, Dipper discovers a way to clone himself and thinks he's found the key to finally wooing Wendy. But will Dipper muster up the courage to ask her to dance? Or will his clones get jealous and turn on him? Then, when Lil' Gideon knocks Mabel out of the "friend zone" and into the "romance zone," Mabel can't turn him down! Will Dipper help Mabel break up w

11

The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything

Marcus Chown

4.7

Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a "force" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists.

Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." And penetrating that enigm

12

Gravity

Jason Chin

4.7

What keeps objects from floating out of your hand?
What if your feet drifted away from the ground?
What stops everything from floating into space?
Gravity.

As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island, Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

A Neal Porter Book

13

Luminosity (Gravity, #3)

Abigail Boyd

4.7

Just when she thought her dreams couldn't get any weirder, Ariel Donovan begins having vivid nightmares of a dog that she must follow. It leads her to find an item from her past that she must use to aid her in figuring out the Thornhill Society...but she's not the only one looking for it.

14

Uncertainty (Gravity, #2)

Abigail Boyd

4.7

Ariel Donovan's life was torn apart. Now, after months of getting back to normal and thinking she put her paranormal sight behind her, she's called back to the mysterious Dexter Orphanage. That visit changes her life. With the return of an unexpected person, her world is turned upside down again.

15

The Gravity Between Us

Kristen Zimmer

4.7

Where does friendship stop and love begin?

At just 19, Kendall Bettencourt is Hollywood’s hottest young starlet with the world at her feet – but behind the glamour and designer dresses is a girl who longs for normal.

Payton Taylor is Kendall’s best friend since childhood, and the one person who reminds her of who she really is – her refuge from the craziness of celebrity life.

With her career takin

16

The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

Stephon Alexander

4.6

A spectacular musical and scientific journey from the Bronx to the cosmic horizon that reveals the astonishing links between jazz, science, Einstein, and Coltrane
More than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane put physics and geometry at the core of his music.

Physi

Recommended by Eric Weinstein.

Eric Weinstein

Managing Director/Thiel Capital

Eric Weinstein recommended this book on Twitter. [source]

17

Disney Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 2

Disney

4.6

Dipper and Mabel are back for the second installment of the Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic from Joe Books. For their summer vacation, Californian 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, to live with their Great Uncle Stan (often shortened to Grunkle Stan). Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journ

18

Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

Lee Smolin

4.6

"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." --Scientific American
In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the fa

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19

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon, Frank Miller

4.6

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative, and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.

20

Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason

Caroline Myss

4.6

New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss draws from her years as a medical intuitive to show that healing is not only physical; it is also a mystical phenomenon that transcends reason.

Inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments—from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer—Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understand

21

Baby Loves Gravity!

Ruth Spiro

4.6

Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners.

Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the ups and downs of gravity. When baby drops food from a high chair, why does it fall? Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two,

22

I Fall Down

Vicki Cobb, Julia Gorton

4.6

What happens when you trip or when you drop a ball?

When something falls, which way does it fall?

Down,
down,
down!

Do you know what makes things fall? Renowned science author Vicki Cobb explains the weighty subject of gracity with such ease that even the youngest kids will understand. Follow this book with a child who loves to play. Have lots of dropping races. Together you'll learn how much fun falli

23

Arnold Sommerfeld: Science, Life and Turbulent Times 1868-1951

Michael Eckert

4.6

The subject of the book is a biography of the theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951). Although Sommerfeld is famous as a quantum theorist for the elaboration of the semi-classical atomic theory (Bohr-Sommerfeld model, Sommerfeld's fine-structure constant), his role in the history of modern physics is not confined to atoms and quanta.
Sommerfeld left his mark in the history of mathemat

24

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Albert Einstein

4.6

An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself

According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he w

25

Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked

Carol de Giere

4.6

Stephen Schwartz is among the rare American composer-lyricists whose Broadway musicals have inspired passionate followings, resulting in blockbuster hits like Wicked, Godspell, and Pippin. In the revised and updated second edition of Defying Gravity, biographer Carol de Giere reveals how Schwartz's beloved musicals came to life, adding four new chapters that shed light on the continuing Wicked phe

26

Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity

James B. Hartle

4.6

The aim of this groundbreaking new book is to bring general relativity into the undergraduate curriculum and make this fundamental theory accessible to all physics majors. Using a "physics first" approach to the subject, renowned relativist James B. Hartle provides a fluent and accessible introduction that uses a minimum of new mathematics and is illustrated with a wealth of exciting applications.

Recommended by Brian Cox.

Brian Cox

@rationalist44 (1) is easy - there are two components, but for distant galaxies the so-called ‘proper motion’ is negligible. (2) You need a little GR. Look up cosmological redshift. The best intro text book in my view is Hartle - the calculation is in section 18.2. [source]

27

Hidden In Plain Sight 2: The Equation of the Universe

Andrew Thomas

4.6

You never knew theoretical physics could be so simple!

Why do things move? Why is the expansion of the universe accelerating? Is the universe a black hole? This exciting book considers some of the deepest and most important questions in physics.

Enjoy a thrilling intergalactic tour as Andrew Thomas redefines the force of gravity and introduces a brave new view of the universe!

28

The Anti-Gravity Files: A Compilation of Patents and Reports

David Hatcher Childress

4.6

In the tradition of The Anti-Gravity Handbook and the Time-Travel Handbook comes this all-new compilation of material on anti-gravity, free energy, flying saucers and Tesla technology. With plenty of technical drawings and explanations, this suppressed technology will change the world in ways we can only dream of. Chapters on anti-gravity mercury gyros, the motionless electromagnet generator paten

29

The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You!

Tom Robinson

4.6

Science has never been so easy—or so much fun!

With The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons from biology, chemistry, physics, technology, and engineering—to outer space.

You'l

30

Disney Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 4

Disney

4.6

Dipper and Mabel are back for the fourth installment of the Disney Gravity Falls cinestory comic series from Joe Books. For their summer vacation, Californian twelve-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off to stay with their great uncle, Grunkle Stan, in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journal that

31

Make: High-Power Rockets - Construction and Certification for Thousands of Feet and Beyond

Mike Westerfield

4.6

32

The Universal Order Of Creation Of Matters: Book #1 (Second Edition 2012)

Mehran Tavakoli Keshe

4.6

33

Disney Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 1

Disney Studios

4.6

For their summer vacation, Californian 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, to live with their Great Uncle Stan (often shortened to Grunkle Stan). Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journal that Dipper finds in the forest, they realize that their everyday lifestyle has changed. Three episodes

34

Gravity Falls Mad Libs

Laura Macchiarola

4.6

Gravity Falls, the popular animated Disney television series, now has its own Mad Libs, complete with 21 paranormal and supernatural stories inspired by the show!

Gravity Falls is the Disney animated television series that has inspired a cult following. Even though the show ended in 2016, there's still more fun to be had with Gravity Falls Mad Libs! Our Mad Libs joins a very exclusive collection of

35

Gravity (The Taking, #1)

Melissa West

4.6

In the future, only one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

Ari knows she

36

Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint

Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin, et al.

4.6

Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. The natural use, of course, is for a spaceship -- the paint can replace rockets to get the ship into space. Unfortunately, the spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bulfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a one-way tri

37

Letting Go of Gravity

Meg Leder

4.6

Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites.

Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful.

Charlie is confident while Parker aims to please.

Charlie is outgoing and outspoken; Parker is introverted and reserved.

And of course, there’s the one other major difference: Charlie got leukemia. Parker didn’t.

But now that Charlie is officially in remission, life couldn’t be going better for Parker. She’s lan

38

A Cure For Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage

Joe Jackson

4.6

"Part memoir, part discourse on the art of music. . . . This is an intelligent, thoughtful look into the mind of an artist."--New York Times Book Review

Since the release of his first best-selling album Look Sharp in 1979, Joe Jackson has forged a singular career in music through his originality as a composer and his notoriously independent stance toward music-business fashion. He has also been a f

39

When Gravity Fails

George Effinger

4.6

In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the hard way. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he’s available…for a price.

For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an

40

The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology

Nick Cook

4.5

The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists during the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one that still may be in effect today. Now, for the first time, an acclaimed journalist with unprecedented access to key sources in the intelligence and military communities reveals suppressed evidence th

41

Forces Make Things Move

Kimberly Bradley and Paul Meisel

4.5

When a toy car rolls or a boulder falls, it's force that makes them move. But what is force and how does it work? There are forces at work whenever you throw a ball, run up the stairs, or push your big brother off the couch. Want to learn more about the forces around you? Read and find out! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for childre

42

What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

Jeffrey Bennett

4.5

It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories of relativity, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actuall

43

Causality, Electromagnetic Induction, and Gravitation: A Different Approach to the Theory of Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields, 2nd edition

Oleg D. Jefimenko

4.5

44

What Makes a Magnet?

Franklyn M. Branley, True Kelley

4.5

Will a magnet pick up a paper clip or a feather? The answer is, just the paper clip. Magnets only pick up things that contain bits of iron. In this new addition to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, veteran author Franklyn Branley explains the properties and behavior of magnets. True Kelley's charming illustrations will entertain readers as they discover for themselves what makes a magnet

45

Disney Gravity Falls Shorts: Just West of Weird

Disney

4.5

Head back to the Mystery Shack with Dipper and Mabel Pines and their great uncle, Grunkle Stan, for more adventures in the small town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. With original-art covers and graphic novel–style retellings of the hugely popular Disney Gravity Falls Shorts, this collection of issues 1–4 of the brand-new comic series from Joe Books is sure to be a hit with fans of the Disney show.

46

The Age of Miracles

Karen Thompson Walker

4.5

“It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change.

On an ordinary Saturd

47

Disney Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 3

Disney

4.5

Dipper and Mabel are back for the third installment of the Disney Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic from Joe Books. For their summer vacation, Californian 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay with their great uncle, Grunkle Stan. Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journal that Dipper find

48

Schrodinger: Life and Thought

Walter J. Moore

4.5

The first comprehensive biography of Erwin Schrodinger--a brilliant and charming Austrian scientist--is drawn from the recollections of friends, family and colleagues, as well as contemporary records, letters and diaries.

49

Gravitation

T. Padmanabhan

4.5

Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers in all areas of theoretical physics. The 'Foundation' section develops the formalism in six chapters, and uses it in the next four chapters to discuss four key applications - spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology. The six chapters in the

50

Hidden In Plain Sight 7: The Fine-Tuned Universe

Andrew Thomas

4.5

51

Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy

Govert Schilling, Martin Rees

4.5

It has already been called the scientific breakthrough of the century: the detection of gravitational waves. Einstein predicted these tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime nearly a hundred years ago, but they were never perceived directly until now. Decades in the making, this momentous discovery has given scientists a new understanding of the cataclysmic events that shape the universe and a new

52

Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness

Jim Keith

4.5

Conspiracy expert Keith's latest book on mind control, Project Monarch, and mass manipulation. Keith says that here stands the New Man. His conception of reality is a dance of electronic images fired into his forebrain, a gossamer construction of his masters, designed so that he will not under any circumstances perceive the actual. His happiness is delivered to him through a tube or an electronic

53

Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe

Jim Baggott

4.5

Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behaviour of matter in a curved spacetime. This theory is the basis for the standard model of big bang cosmology. The discovery of gravitational waves at the LIGO observatory in the US (and then Virgo, in Italy) is only the most

54

Steven Universe: Anti-Gravity

Talya Perper, Rebecca Sugar, et al.

4.5

Electromagentic disturbances cause objects and people around Beach City to hover off the ground, and the gang goes to the Gem Temple to figure out what’s happening.

Beach City has always been proudly weird, but when objects and people all around town mysteriously begin levitating...well, that’s outright odd. To figure out what’s happening, Steven and the Crystal Gems will literally have to travel t

55

Fascinating Space Facts For Kids: Two hundred facts about all things interstellar. From planets both near and far, our sun, the stars and all the space in between.

J.M. Castle

4.5

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Gravity

George Gamow

4.5

A distinguished physicist and teacher, George Gamow also possessed a special gift for making the intricacies of science accessible to a wide audience. In Gravity, he takes an enlightening look at three of the towering figures of science who unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to take a close look at the process of free and restricted fall; Newton, originat

57

Gravity Control with Present Technology

Dr. Frederick Alzofon

4.5

The Holy Grail of physics, gravity control, from theory to applied technology, will be found inside this volume. The inventor was Dr. Frederick Alzofon (1919-2012), a physicist with a world-class reputation in optics and heat conduction who studied particle physics with J. Robert Oppenheimer and David Bohm, relativity and the scientific method with Victor Lenzen, and applied mathematics with Griff

58

Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction

Ta-Pei Cheng

4.5

Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis, Einstein's field equation and cosmology. The author presents the subject from the very beginning with an empha

59

Gravity: A Very Short Introduction

Timothy Clifton

4.5

Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most difficult force to quantize. Understanding gravity is not only essential for understanding the motion of objects on Earth, but also the motion of all celestial objects, and even the expansion of the Universe itself. It was the study of gravity that led Einste

60

Move It!: Motion, Forces and You

Adrienne Mason and Claudia Dávila

4.5

Developed with the cooperation of a science consultant, this book in the Primary Physical Science series is a tool to teach the physical sciences to young children. Move It! follows science curricula and is loaded with surprising facts and hands-on activities designed to hold young readers' interest and tap into their fascination with the everyday world. Move It! explores the physics of why and ho

61

Gravity from the Ground Up

Bernard Schutz

4.5

This book provides an accessible introduction to astronomy and general relativity, aiming to explain the Universe, not just to describe it. Written by an expert in relativity who is known for his clearly-written advanced textbooks, the treatment uses only high-school level mathematics, supplemented by optional computer programs, to explain the laws of physics governing gravity from Galileo and New

62

Between Gravity and What Cheer: Iowa Photographs

Barry Phipps

4.5

When Barry Phipps relocated to Iowa City from Chicago in 2012, he knew nothing of Iowa. He began taking day trips across Iowa in the spirit of wonder and discovery. His marked-up road map soon became a work of art in and of itself, covered with spokes, lines, and places both seen and needing to be seen. Along the way he plied his trade, taking photographs.

Inspired by such seminal work as Robert F

63

The Manga Guide to Relativity

Hideo Nitta

4.5

Everything's gone screwy at Tagai Academy. When the headmaster forces Minagi's entire class to study Einstein's theory of relativity over summer school, Minagi volunteers to go in their place. There's just one problem: He's never even heard of relativity before! Luckily, Minagi has the plucky Miss Uraga to teach him.

Follow along with The Manga Guide to Relativity as Minagi learns about the non-in

64

Overcoming Poor Posture: A Systematic Approach to Refining Your Posture for Health and Performance

Steven Low, Jarlo Ilano

4.5

65

Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s spacetime ripples reveal the secrets of the universe (Hot Science)

Brian Clegg

4.5

On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed for ever.

Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space and time – are unrelenting, passing through barriers that stop light dead.

At the

66

The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

Richard Panek

4.5

The epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos.

In the past few years, a handful of scientists have been in a race to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, our books, and every planet, star, and galaxy. The rest—96 percent of the universe—is completely unknown.

Richard Panek

67

The Little Book of Black Holes

Steven S. Gubser, Frans Pretorius

4.5

Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes

Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality--a viewpoi

68

Gravity: How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives

Brian Clegg

4.5

A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.

Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple

69

Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...)

William Rankin

4.5

"Introducing Newton" explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who sifted through the accumulated knowledge of centuries, tossed out mistaken beliefs, and single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics. By the age of 25, entirely self-taught, he had sketched out a system of the world. Einstein's theories are unthinkable without Newton's founding system. He was also a s

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Cosmology for the Curious

Delia Perlov

4.5

This book is an introductory text for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos. Our universe originated in a great explosion - the big bang. For nearly a century cosmologists have studied the aftermath of this explosion: how the universe expanded and cooled down, and how galaxies were gradually assembled by gravity. The nature of the bang itself has come into focus only relative

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Introducing Stephen Hawking: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...)

J.P. McEvoy

4.5

Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. Hawking's major contribution to science has been to inte

72

Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures

Karen Bush Gibson

4.4

When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance—cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982—followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists t

73

How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog

Chad Orzel

4.4

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But what about relativity?

Physics professor Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s physics. Through armchair ”and sometimes passenger-seat” conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds of dog and cat motion or the logistics of squirrel-cha

74

Gravity's Pull (Life on Earth, #2)

MariNaomi

4.4

When Claudia Jones returns to her high school after a mysterious disappearance, she exerts a strange effect on the classmates around her. Meanwhile, her fellow students also struggle with the challenges of regular young-adult life. How should they navigate problems with identity, illness, and consent?

Bringing the full possibilities of the graphic novel medium to the page, the author-artist writes

75

Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities

Mary C. Waters

4.4

The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is considered a great success. Many of these adoptive citizens have prospered, including General Colin Powell. But Mary Waters tells a very different story about immigrants from the West Indies, especially their children.

She finds that when the immigrants first arrive, their knowledge of English, their skills and contacts, their self-respect

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Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel

Edward Belbruno

4.4

When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel--or, as he puts it, surfing the gravitational field.

Belbruno devised one of the most exciting concepts now being used in space flight, that of swinging through the cosmos on

77

Anti-Gravity Propulsion Dynamics: UFOs and Gravitational Manipulation

Paul Potter

4.4

This book introduces a brand new field of scientific research based upon analysis of artifacts retrieved from crashed and damaged UFOs that have come down in Russia and America. For the first time, it reveals the scientific principles behind UFO propulsion dynamics, and shows that these principles are known and recognized by today s physicists. Potter s analyses of these UFO mechanisms are substan

78

Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity

Thomas Thiemann

4.4

Modern physics rests on two fundamental building blocks: general relativity and quantum theory. General relativity is a geometric interpretation of gravity while quantum theory governs the microscopic behaviour of matter. Since matter is described by quantum theory which in turn couples to geometry, we need a quantum theory of gravity. In order to construct quantum gravity one must reformulate qua

79

The Anatomy of a Flying Saucer

John Mike

4.4

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An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play in Einstein's Universe

A Zee

4.4

Zee explores one of the least understood but most interesting topics in cosmology: the nature of gravity and its place in our universe. Illustrated.

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Inertia (Gravity, #3.5)

Ryosuke Shibuya

4.4

There are different sides to every story. And the denizens of Hell have more than their fare share to tell. This collection of short stories is from different perspectives of characters in the Gravity series, taking place during the events of Book 1 and 3.

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82

Kundalini Awakening: 5 in 1 Bundle: Expand Mind Power through Chakra Meditation, Psychic Awareness, Enhance Psychic Abilities, Intuition, and Astral Travel

Jenifer Williams

4.4

83

The Leedskalnin Codex: Breakthroughs In Understanding The Coral Castle

RL Poole

4.4

84

On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject

A. Zee

4.4

A brief introduction to gravity through Einstein's general theory of relativity

Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most intimate. From the months each of us spent suspended in the womb anticipating birth to the moments when we wait for sleep to transport us to other realities, we are always aware of gravity. In On Gravit

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Infinite Energy Technologies: Tesla, Cold Fusion, Antigravity, and the Future of Sustainability

Finley Eversole Ph.D. and John L. Petersen

4.4

Clean, sustainable energy solutions from the geniuses of our past and the visionaries of our future

• Explores five great but nearly forgotten minds of the past--John Worrell Keely, Nikola Tesla, Viktor Schauberger, Royal Raymond Rife, and T. Townsend Brown--and their revolutionary discoveries

• Reveals information from leading experts on cold fusion, zero-point energy, power from water, antigravity

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The Riddle of Gravitation

Peter G. Bergmann

4.4

In this thought-provoking book, written for the layman, a noted physicist offers a fresh, nonmathematical introduction to the conceptual foundations of both Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravitation. Since Einstein's general relativity theory, which deals with gravitation, requires some acquaintance with the ideas of the special theory of relativity (not in itself concerned with gravitation)

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Stephen Hawking On Trial: Confronting the Big Bang

Pierre St. Clair

4.3

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What Is Gravity? (Rookie Read-About Science)

Lisa Trumbauer

4.3

The natural world comes alive for young readers with Rookie Read-About Science!
Rookie Read-About Physical Science series introduces the youngest readers (Ages 6-7) to physical science concepts. Each book features critical-thinking questions throughout the text; a simple, hands-on experiment; a glossary and more.

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The Anti-Gravity Handbook

David Hatcher Childress

4.3

Revised, expanded new edition of the weird science classic--a compilation of material on Anti-Gravity, Free Energy, Flying Saucer Propulsion, UFOs, Suppressed Technology, NASA Cover-ups and more. Includes: - Photos of Area 51 in Nevada - How to build a flying saucer - Arthur C. Clarke on anti-gravity - Crystals and their role in levitation - Secret government research and development - Nikola Tesl

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Antigravity Handbook (Lost Science) by David Hatcher Childress (1994-11-30)

David Hatcher Childress

4.3

91

Introduction to General Relativity: A Course for Undergraduate Students of Physics (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

Cosimo Bambi

4.3

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Gravity is Heartless (The Heartless Series, #1)

Sarah Lahey

4.3

What will the world look like in thirty years’ time? How will humanity survive the oncoming effects of climate change? Set in the near future and inspired by the world around us, Gravity Is Heartless is a romantic adventure that imagines a world on the cusp of climate catastrophe.

The year is 2050: automated cities, vehicles, and homes are now standard, artificial Intelligence, CRISPR gene editing,