Gravity: Black Holes & the Universe

by Iain Nicolson

Excellent volume

Genres: Science

Hardcover

Published February 1, 1981

About the author

University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, visiting fellow; contributor to television programming, including the British Broadcasting Corporation series The Sky at Night.

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gravity, Black Holes, and the Universe is an interesting book about general relativity. The one caveat is its age, but it serves well as an introduction to the theory. The copy I found was from the library with a publication date of 1981.

The book starts with the early misconceptions of physics, the Earth is the center of the universe because heavy things fall towards the Earth. We move on to Newtonian physics and his matchless contributions to the subject, eventually stopping at Einstein’s work.

The second half of the book examines the implications of general relativity. Black holes and neutron stars get their time in this section. There are illustrations and charts throughout the book to help explain the ideas.

As I mentioned, the age of the book is its only downside. I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.