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Published by W H Freeman & Co (Scientific American Library), 1990
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- Title
- A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (Scientific American Library)
- Author
- John Archibald Wheeler
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Co (Scientific American Library)
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0716750163
- ISBN 13
- 9780716750161
- Item weight
- 2.11 pounds
Looks at the history of gravitational theories, discusses tides, planetary orbits, space-time, gravity waves, and black holes, and summarizes our current understanding of gravity
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About the Author
John Archibald Wheeler is Joseph Henry Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and was, until his retirement, Blumberg Professor of Physics and Director, Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. A past president of the American Physical Society, he is a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award (1968), the National Medal of Science (1971), the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1982) and the Wolf Prize (1997).
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