{"product_id":"the-ascent-of-gravity-9781681779034","title":"The Ascent of Gravity","description":"\u003cp\u003eGravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a \"force\" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is \"a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.\" And penetrating that enigma promises to answer the biggest questions in science: what is space? What is time? What is the universe? And where did it all come from?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning writer Marcus Chown takes us on an unforgettable journey from the recognition of the \"force\" of gravity in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015. And, as we stand on the brink of a seismic revolution in our worldview, he brings us up to speed on the greatest challenge ever to confront physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChown, Marcus:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMarcus Chown\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSolar System\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuantum Theory Cannot Hurt You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Never-Ending Days of Being Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Furnace\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in England.","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506133766418,"sku":"9781681779034","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_026d7826-d0ba-4bf7-8099-b78d74b3abcf.jpg?v=1730846636","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ascent-of-gravity-9781681779034","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}