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Gravity / Lisa Hills.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sci-hi. Physical sciencePublisher: England : Raintree, 2009Description: 48 pages : colour illustrations , 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781406210705 (hbk.)
  • 9781410932655 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 531.14 HIL 016716
Contents:
What is gravity? -- What makes gravity work -- Measuring gravity -- Mass and weight -- What do you weigh? -- Distance weakens gravity -- A young genius -- Gravity affects inertia and acceleration -- Newton's law #1 -- Newton's law #2 -- Gravity and acceleration -- Gravity equation -- Gravity at work -- Satellites -- Streaking meteors -- Pulling particles -- Can the force of gravity change? -- Gravity turned off -- Double gravity -- The solar system -- Our star -- The moon -- Galileo -- The telescope man -- The pulling moon -- Daily tides -- Spring tides -- Space weight -- Gravity keeps objects in orbit -- Orbiting velocity -- What is microgravity? -- Gravity monsters -- Scientists in space -- Dr. Charles Dermer, astrophysicist -- Space riddles -- New ideas about gravity -- Your heart is a gravity pump -- Warp speed -- Bugs in space -- Project in action #11 microgravity balloon.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 531.14 HIL 016716 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 016716

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is gravity? -- What makes gravity work -- Measuring gravity -- Mass and weight -- What do you weigh? -- Distance weakens gravity -- A young genius -- Gravity affects inertia and acceleration -- Newton's law #1 -- Newton's law #2 -- Gravity and acceleration -- Gravity equation -- Gravity at work -- Satellites -- Streaking meteors -- Pulling particles -- Can the force of gravity change? -- Gravity turned off -- Double gravity -- The solar system -- Our star -- The moon -- Galileo -- The telescope man -- The pulling moon -- Daily tides -- Spring tides -- Space weight -- Gravity keeps objects in orbit -- Orbiting velocity -- What is microgravity? -- Gravity monsters -- Scientists in space -- Dr. Charles Dermer, astrophysicist -- Space riddles -- New ideas about gravity -- Your heart is a gravity pump -- Warp speed -- Bugs in space -- Project in action #11 microgravity balloon.

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