Why Stuff Falls Down: The Story of Science and Gravity From Aristotle to Einstein, Told in Plain English!
This book is the story of how we’ve understood gravity, from Aristotle’s elements to Einstein’s warped spacetime, and on into current musings about a Theory of Everything!
It’s also the story of how we got modern science from its roots in ancient philosophy.
It’s written for high-schoolers, advanced middle-schoolers, home-schoolers, and lifetime learners of any age.
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Stuff falls down. That’s pretty straightforward, so we’ve got it totally figured out, right?
Well, sort of. As the centuries have rolled by we’ve gotten better and better theories of gravity, each theory being more accurate than the ones that came before.
The ancient Greeks thought they had it nailed. Come along for the ride and learn how our understanding of gravity has changed. Learn the difference between fact and theory, what rational thinking means, and what critical thinking means.
How did science grow from its ancient roots to become today’s powerhouse, letting us master electricity, send probes into the solar system — and share cute cat videos on the Internet?
This little book is written in clear, straightforward language, not nerdy jargon.
BONUS: Relativity and quantum mechanics in plain English? Ya gotta read it to believe it.
And why does stuff fall down?
