Coming of Age in the Milky WayTwelve years in the making and impeccably researched, Coming of Age in the Milky Way chronicles the awakening of the human species to the vastness of our cosmos and shows how each time the model of the universe has been altered, tremors have rumbled through such realms as theology and politics. Illustrated. |
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... gravitational force 602 , or 3,600 , times stronger than does the moon . Newton assumed , from the principle of inertia , that the moon would fly away in a straight line , were it not constantly tugged from that path by the force of the ...
... gravitational force 602 , or 3,600 , times stronger than does the moon . Newton assumed , from the principle of inertia , that the moon would fly away in a straight line , were it not constantly tugged from that path by the force of the ...
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... force ; as it does not move in a straight line , we can infer that a force - gravity - is responsible for bending its trajectory into the shape of its orbit . Newton dem- onstrates that gravitational force diminishes by the square of ...
... force ; as it does not move in a straight line , we can infer that a force - gravity - is responsible for bending its trajectory into the shape of its orbit . Newton dem- onstrates that gravitational force diminishes by the square of ...
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... gravitational force of the earth . There are four known fundamental forces ( or classes of inter- actions , in quantum terminology ) —gravitation , electromagnetism ... force Strong force e- q m Photon COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY 293.
... gravitational force of the earth . There are four known fundamental forces ( or classes of inter- actions , in quantum terminology ) —gravitation , electromagnetism ... force Strong force e- q m Photon COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY 293.
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