Tolish, Alexander,

Gravity explained / Alexander Tolish. - 80 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm. - The mysteries of space .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what is gravity? -- Early ideas about gravity -- Isaac Newton and the law of universal gravitation -- Albert Einstein and the special theory of relativity -- Albert Einstein and the general theory of relativity -- Experimental tests of relativistic gravity -- Beyond Einstein.

"Gravity causes an apple to fall to the ground and keeps the moon in orbit around Earth. But it can also trap light for infinity in a dying star and ripple across the cosmos carrying the news of a massive collision between two distant black holes. With accessible language and breathtaking NASA images, students will explore the theory of gravity, from Newton's law of universal gravitation to Einstein's general relativity and beyond. This text supports the Next Generation Science Standards' emphasis on scientific collection and analysis of data and evidence-based theories by discussing the theoretical models scientists devise to describe gravity and the real-world experiments they use to test them."--

Grades 7 to 12.

ISBN: 9780766099500 (library bound) 9780766099517 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2017051717

Subjects--Personal Names:
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gravity.
Relativity (Physics).

LC Class. No.: QC178 / .T595 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 531/.14