Gravity: Cracking the Cosmic Code è la storia della gravità e gli sforzi eroici per dare un senso a questa misteriosa caratteristica di tutte le nostre vite. Il libro adotta un approccio storico a partire dai primi tentativi di comprendere l"astronomia che portano alla teoria della gravità di Newton e alla sua pubblicazione nel suo capolavoro Principia, il libro che ha lanciato l"era scientifica moderna. Il libro descrive come la teoria di Newton governò per oltre duecento anni fino a quando non fu sostituita dalla teoria molto diversa di Einstein basata sulla curvatura dello spazio e del tempo. Un risultato sconvolgente della teoria di Einstein è che ci sono regioni dello spazio che operano come botole a senso unico da cui nulla può sfuggire, nemmeno la luce. Questi oggetti sono noti come buchi neri. Il libro esamina le loro proprietà e le idee di Stephen Hawking che ha dimostrato che dopo tutto potrebbero non essere completamente neri. L'enigma che i fisici ora affrontano è come sposare gravità e meccanica quantistica. Molti credono che il successo in questo sforzo porterà alla teoria ultima del Tutto. Il capitolo finale del libro presenta la drammatica scoperta recente di un buco nero supermassiccio al centro della nostra galassia.
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Mee's colourful depictions of scientific minds at work and the interplay of philosophical ideas, theoretical conundrums and observational evidence encourage deep thought about how we understand the physical world. --Sky at Night magazine
To sum-up, it's a great book that details not only a fascinating cosmological concept but also its place in our own history. Written with a very engaging style it's suitable for a wide ranging audience - the only prerequisite is an interest in the subject matter! --Blogstronomy: http://blogstronomy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/book-review-gravity-by-nicholas-mee.html
The story is well told, nicely illustrated and helpfully enriched by a series of short puzzles (with answers), which encourage the reader to engage more actively with the content. Nicholas Mee s book should be accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of science, and would be good background reading for bright school pupils. --Bookwitch: http://bookwitch.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/gravity-cracking-the-cosmic-code/
Having read Higgs Force by Nicholas Mee last year I knew I was in for a carefully crafted explanation of gravity from his new book. I found Mee's book informative and entertaining. My attention was held throughout by the interesting accounts of the lives of the physicists and by Mee's creative use of analogies to explain complex concepts. --Astronomy Now - December 2014
The story is well told, nicely illustrated and helpfully enriched by a series of short puzzles (with answers), which encourage the reader to engage more actively with the content. Nicholas Mee s book should be accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of science, and would be good background reading for bright school pupils. --Bookwitch: http://bookwitch.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/gravity-cracking-the-cosmic-code/
Nicholas Mee is the author of the award-winning book Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered. He received his PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Cambridge. Dr Mee is the director of software company Virtual Image and the author of many maths and science multimedia CD-ROMs. He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. More information can be found at www.nicholasmee.com.
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