Yerçekimi: Kozmik Kodu Kırmak

by Nicholas Mee, Zeynep Alpar (Translator)

Yerçekimi: Kozmik Kodu Kırmak, Büyük Patlama’dan galksimizin merkezindeki süperkütleli kara deliğe kadar her şeyi anlama ve anlatma çabası içinde bir kitap. Okurlarını kadim astronomiden başlayıp günümüzün en ileri fikirlerine doğru bir gezintiye çıkarıyor. Nicholas Mee, zor konuları harika bir anlatımla bizlere anlatmak gibi güç bir işi başarıyor. Bu kitapta, bugün bildiğimiz biçimiyle Kozmosun resmini oluşturan Kepler, Newton, Einstein ve Hawking gibi çeşitli bilim insanlarının hikâyeleriyle birlikte bize evrendeki yerimizi nasıl keşfettiğimizin tarihini bulacaksınız.

Genres: Science, Physics

376 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

Reviews

[Prasanth Kancharla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this after I enjoyed reading Nicholas Mee's other book, Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered. Nicholas mentions that he wrote Gravity as a supplement to Higgs Force where he discusses the other 3 known fundamental forces of nature.

The first half discusses the evolution of the theories starting from Kepler's laws to Newton to Einstien's General Theory of Relativity, the best theory of gravity so far. The second part focuses on theories that attempt to combine gravity with other forces and introduces string theory.

I really liked Nicholas Mee's organization of the topics and how he introduced various concepts like dark matter, string theory, inflation, etc. I found both Higgs Force and Gravity as the best storylines to revise the known concepts of physics today.

[Mike Harper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read most of this book, which was assigned reading for a course on Gravity. I thought it was a pretty good introduction to the subject, especially as it detailed the advances in thought about Gravity and the cosmos through some three millennia. The chapters dealing with general relativity and more recent advances were impenetrable, but that's mostly the fault of the esoteric subject matter.

[Julian Onions · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought it when the author caught me at a show! I learnt some things from it which I wasn't expecting.