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bibliocamera's review against another edition
4.0
Amazing how much the understanding of gravity in the cosmos changed in the hundred years between 1919 to 2019!
edlib's review against another edition
4.0
Amazing how much the understanding of gravity in the cosmos changed in the hundred years between 1919 to 2019!
dmorett92's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
sofer_mahir's review against another edition
3.0
This popular-level history of the last 100ish years in gravitational research was fascinating. The author used many helpful illustrations to explain the complex physical concepts and peppered interesting biographical narratives throughout to keep the book from becoming a math-heavy data-dump. Cowen did an admirable job presenting the mathematics involved in simplified form, requiring only that his readers have a good grasp of high-school math. Unfortunately, that's expecting a bit too much from me, so I did spend a bit of my time with my eyes glazed over, smiling, nodding, and hoping for an illustration.
ramsfan1963's review
challenging
informative
fast-paced
3.75
Informative look at gravitational theories, quantum mechanics, black holes, and the curvature of time and space. Fortunately, it's written with the casual science layman in mind, so there isn't an information dump of theories and hard science.
indyreadrosa's review against another edition
5.0
Short run through of the 20th century and Science's view of gravity. Told in a quick fun style.