I Remember Gravity

Author : James Trivers
Publisher : Club Lighthouse Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926839714

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I Remember Gravity by James Trivers Pdf

On the militaristic Homestead, Velcro lines the bottom of objects and the soles of shoes to hold things down. The ten-thousand-mannedspace ship has meandered on the far reaches of the empty universe for thirty-five years. Nonetheless, the ship's shops, schools and services attempts to recapture the amenities of suburban life in the now long-gone earth.A psychiatrist suddenly has a revolution on his hands. Entiredemographics of men, women and children are acting out in a sexually-compulsive manner.People are flocking to the space ship's boiler rooms where they shed their clothes, float, and fluck anonymously. This spins the shrink into a quandary, he tries to rein in his client'simpulses but he too is swept up in the ship's zeitgeist.

Author : Harry Collins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 897 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226113791

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Gravity's Shadow by Harry Collins Pdf

According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been difficult; the cosmic shudders are so weak that only the most sensitive instruments can be expected to observe them directly. Fifteen times during the last thirty years scientists have claimed to have detected gravitational waves, but so far none of those claims have survived the scrutiny of the scientific community. Gravity's Shadow chronicles the forty-year effort to detect gravitational waves, while exploring the meaning of scientific knowledge and the nature of expertise. Gravitational wave detection involves recording the collisions, explosions, and trembling of stars and black holes by evaluating the smallest changes ever measured. Because gravitational waves are so faint, their detection will come not in an exuberant moment of discovery but through a chain of inference; for forty years, scientists have debated whether there is anything to detect and whether it has yet been detected. Sociologist Harry Collins has been tracking the progress of this research since 1972, interviewing key scientists and delineating the social process of the science of gravitational waves. Engagingly written and authoritatively comprehensive, Gravity's Shadow explores the people, institutions, and government organizations involved in the detection of gravitational waves. This sociological history will prove essential not only to sociologists and historians of science but to scientists themselves.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Frog Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1583940294

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Gravity's Angels by Michael Swanwick Pdf

These thirteen stories established Michael Swanwick as one of the brightest stars in the science-fiction firmament. Alongside its companion volume, Tales of Old Earth, Gravity's Angels showcases the very best of Swanwick's considerable talent, including the Sturgeon Award--winner "The Edge of the World." Each story is a unique and engrossing exploration of character, conflict, and conscience.

Author : William Guy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462804454

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Gravity's Revolt: Part One by William Guy Pdf

1975. Christopher Reed, a young minister in his first job, receives much-needed seasoning, is necessarily disillusioned. How? On one level by having an affair with Becky Grierson, one of his teen-aged parishioners. But the affair is begun on a theological dare so to speak, in order to test an intriguing vision of the freedom of the Gospel which Dr. Buttrick, the senior pastor under whom Reed works, a truly Christ-like man (though it depends, of course, on what your image of Jesus is) has presented. "Scrupulous," or guilt-stricken, Reed tells his wife Vinnie, an artist and a free-thinker, what he has done with Becky. Vinnie erupts, then curiously, over time, adjusts, gradually accommodates herself, allows the affair to continue. Reed also tells Dr. Buttrick what he has done. Great-spirited, a wise old man, a genius, Dr. Buttrick listens and counsels. He counsels both Reed and Vinnie. The three of them discuss the limits of marriage, the relevance of Christianity to same. Vinnie and Dr. Buttrick have their own intense relationship. Meanwhile the meteoric Becky moves through her senior year in high school, fights free of her youth and prepares to leave for college. Obsessed almost, Reed suffers at the prospect of "losing" her. And grows in some way as a person or at least as a pastor, learning to expect less of the flock which he supposedly leads, since if often acts less than nobly. Some members even turn on Dr. Buttrick, the genuinely good man, in the year of the novels action.

Author : Philip C. Plait
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 047142207X

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Bad Astronomy by Philip C. Plait Pdf

Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up everymisconception on astronomy and space you never knew you sufferedfrom." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editorof The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia "Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait,who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science inspace and on Earth. This important contribution to science willrest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy accessthe next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer,Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for ScientificAmerican, and author of The Borderlands of Science "Philip Plait has given us a readable, erudite, informative,useful, and entertaining book. Bad Astronomy is Good Science. Verygood science..." --James "The Amazing" Randi, President, JamesRandi Educational Foundation, and author of An Encyclopedia ofClaims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural "Bad Astronomy is a fun read. Plait is wonderfully witty andeducational as he debunks the myths, legends, and 'conspiraciesthat abound in our society. 'The Truth Is Out There' and it's inthis book. I loved it!" --Mike Mullane, Space Shuttle astronaut andauthor of Do Your Ears Pop in Space?

Author : Harry Collins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226113562

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Gravity's Ghost by Harry Collins Pdf

As the leading chronicler of the search for gravitational waves, Harry Collins has been right there with the scientists since the start.

Author : Harry Collins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226052328

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Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog by Harry Collins Pdf

“In part an account of sociological fieldwork among scientists in the field and part astronomy-history mystery. . . . a terrific read.” —Nature Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog brings to life science’s efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. These ripples in space-time are predicted by general relativity, and their discovery will not only demonstrate the truth of Einstein’s theories but also transform astronomy. Although no gravitational wave has ever been directly detected, the previous five years have been an exciting period in the field. Sociologist Harry Collins offers readers an unprecedented view of the research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind. Collins was embedded with the gravitational wave physicists as they confronted two possible discoveries—“Big Dog,” fully analyzed in this volume for the first time, and the “Equinox Event,” which was first chronicled by Collins in Gravity’s Ghost. Collins records the agonizing arguments that arose as the scientists worked out what they had seen and how to present it to the world, along the way demonstrating how even the most statistical of sciences rest on social and philosophical choices. Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog draws on nearly fifty years of fieldwork observing scientists at the American Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and elsewhere around the world to offer an inspired commentary on the place of science in society today. “The physics junkie or philosophy of science enthusiast . . . will find lots to mull over.” —Science News “Makes for very entertaining reading.” —Daniel Kennefick, University of Arkansas, author of Traveling at the Speed of Thought

Author : William Guy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462804481

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Gravity's Revolt: Part Four by William Guy Pdf

William Guy (when he is not traveling) lives and writes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Gravitys Revolt, a novel; Defunctive Music, a book of poems;A Travelers Education; Magic Casements; and Something Sensational, three books of travel essays. With William Orr he is the author of Living Hope: a Study of the New Testament Theme of Birth from Above. He has completed a translation of The Iliad. He is presently at work on The Lyndoniad, a book of interrelated poems about the year 1968, a long poem containing history (he hopes).

Author : William Guy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462804474

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Gravity's Revolt: Part Three by William Guy Pdf

1975. Christopher Reed, a young minister in his first job, receives much-needed seasoning, is necessarily dis-illusioned. How? On one level by having an affair with Becky, one of his teen-aged parishioners. But the affair begun on a theological dare so to speak, in order to test an intriguing vision of the freedom of the Gospel which Dr. Buttrick, the senior pastor under whom Reed works, a truly Christ-like man (though it depends, of course, on what your image of Jesus is) has presented. "Scrupulous," or guilt-stricken, Reed tells his wife Vinnie, an artist and a free thinker, what he has done with Becky. Vinnie erupts, then curiously adjusts, gradually accommodates herself, allows the affair to continue. Reed also tells Dr. Buttrick what he has done. Great- spirited, a wise old man, a genius, Dr. Buttrick listens and counsels. He counsels both Reed and Vinnie. The three of them discuss the limits of marriage, the relevance of Christianity to same. Vinnie and Dr. Buttrick have their own intense relationship. Meanwhile the meteoric Becky moves through her senior year in high school, fights free of her youth and prepares to leave for college. Obsessed almost, Reed suffers at the prospect of "losing" her. And grows in some ways as a person or at least as a pastor, learning to expect less of the flock which he supposedly leads, since it often acts less than nobly. Some members even turn on Dr. Buttrick, the genuinely good man, in the year of the novel's action.

Author : William Guy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462804462

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Gravity's Revolt: Part Two by William Guy Pdf

Author : Thomas Pynchon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101594650

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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Pdf

Winner of the 1974 National Book Award “A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000, through a wildly comic extravaganza that has been hailed in The New Republic as “the most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II.”

Author : Agnes Giberne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Devotional literature, English
ISBN : OXFORD:590414132

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Twilight Talks; Or Easy Lessons on Things Around Us by Agnes Giberne Pdf

Author : Disney Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1368064116

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Gravity Falls Gravity Falls: Tales of the Strange and Unexplained by Disney Books Pdf

Perfect for fans new and old, this collection of Gravity Falls stories shares Dipper and Mabel's recollections of the adventures they shared visiting their Uncle Stan's Mystery Shack. The Gravity Falls twist? Each retelling is accompanied by a short "Grunkle Stan version of the same story written form his gruff, humorous perspective. Readers have the choice of reading the Dipper and Mabel version, the Grunkle Stan version. Designed to parody a classic bedtime storybook, fans will love the playful twist on bedtime storytelling delivered by Dipper and Mabel.

Author : Mordecai Cubitt Cooke,John Ellor Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Natural history
ISBN : PRNC:32101075692309

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Hardwicke's Science-gossip by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke,John Ellor Taylor Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066251970

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Science-gossip by Anonim Pdf