--- product_id: 119189767 title: "Gravity Kindle Edition" brand: "george gamow" price: "₱131" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/119189767-gravity-kindle-edition store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Gravity Kindle Edition **Brand:** george gamow **Price:** ₱131 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Gravity Kindle Edition by george gamow - **How much does it cost?** ₱131 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/119189767-gravity-kindle-edition) ## Best For - george gamow enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted george gamow brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Gravity Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51pVKhdi7wL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great stuff - but beware the inaccurate history! *by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2015* I recently re-read this book, having read it for the first time many years ago. It is a very good summary of Galileo's and Newton's theory of gravitation, along with numerous examples such as the tides and planetary orbits. It also includes a basic introduction to calculus, without which it almost impossible to understand the physics. There is a nice chapter on general relativity, which gives a qualitative overview of the subject. Gamow's trademark humor enlivens the book quite a bit, as well as his illustrations.On the minus side, the first chapter is marred by the kind of pseudo-history of science in the Middle Ages which, apparently, was a compulsion among science writers of the 20th century. He falsely implies that the medievals thought the Earth was flat, when it fact, they knew it was round and had a fair idea of its size. In Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante and Virgil travel through Hell down to the center of the Earth, which Dante clearly depicts as the center of gravitation, and then climb upwards until they reach the surface. The rotundity of the earth was known to the ancients, and the knowledge was never lost, although you could always find a few cranks who thought it was flat. There still are some!Gamow is also a bit too confident that Einstein's theory was firmly established at the time he was writing. In the 1950s, the proofs were rather thin - the bending of starlight by the Sun, the perihelion precession of Mercury, and the slight redshift of solar spectral lines. It is only in the last 15 years or so that we have been able to carry out precise, satellite-based measurements which do, indeed, confirm the theory. He mentions in passing a satellite experiment proposed by S F Singer in the early 1950s. That experiment has since been carried out, with positive results. Prof Singer is still around and is a frequently quoted critic of global warming claims.Gamow was perhaps, the best popularizer of science who ever put pen to paper. He was that rarity - a practicing scientist with a real gift for language and illustration. His books are somewhat dated now, but still very worth reading. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Injecting levity into a heavy subject *by V***O on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012* George Gamow was a world-class theoretical physicist (nuclear decay, big-bang). Later in life he explored areas outside his primary field, and managed significant contribution to the understanding DNA. In addition to being a world class scientist, he had a special talent for popularizing science ... a talent perhaps equaled only by the late Richard Feynman. He was also something of an artist, with a curious, cartoonish, whimsical style. (Why does the angel on page 23 have three pairs of wings?)His most famous book for the layman is "One, two, three ... infinity." The present book, "Gravity," is in much the same vein, but it struck me as being not quite as good as the former. (Perhaps this is partly because I was in my early teens when I read "Infinity" ... and so was very impressionable.)The book deals with the development of human understanding of gravity. Beginning with the prehistoric notion of up and down, it goes on to describe the revelations of Galileo, Newton and Einstein. The last chapter deals with cosmology ... including some fascinating conjectures of Dirac.The book contains some gaps, and at least one mistake:On page 142 appears the number 1E-12 ("ten to the minus twelve"). Gamow goes on to state that this is "a millionth of a billionth" ... it should read "a millionth of a millionth."On page 65 appears a definite integral accompanied by the words "in the notations of the previous chapter." But the previous chapter does not give even a single example of a definite integral ... demanding quite a leap in understanding. (I know this from personal experience: when I was trying to teach myself calculus in high school, I had a big stumbling block with the notation of definite integrals.)The diagram on page 111 is a little misleading in that it seems to suggest that all the gasses from the exploding nuclear device ("B1") are directed upwards, so as to hit the deflector plate. Of course this cannot be, and most of the gasses go in other directions ... nevertheless a great and informative diagram.A curiosity I learned from this book: Gamow tells us that Newton used a "prime" (`) to indicate taking the anti-derivative (thereby undoing the "dot"). It is curious that in modern notation the prime has come to symbolize differentiation (essentially the same as the dot), and not integration.All in all, another great book from Gamow ... and at a very reasonable price. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It can even bend light!? *by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017* Look around, there is an invisible force holding stuff close to this big planet; like a giant magnet that attracts every single atom in the vicinity. Amusingly, this fantastic phenomenon is holding together the whole universe. Damn, Gamow did a great job explaining why Newton even invented Calculus to understand it. Then Einstein joined the talk saying that it can even bend light! If you don't believe it, Gamow does some calculations to entertain you. 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