A history of gravity, and a study of it's importance and relevance to our lives, as well as it's influence on other areas of science. Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn’t explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showing how matter warps space and time. Not only did this explain how gravity worked – and how apparently simple gravitation has four separate components – but it predicted everything from black holes to gravity’s effect on time. Whether it’s the reality of anti-gravity or the unexpected discovery that a ball and a laser beam drop at the same rate, gravity is the force that fascinates.
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Brian Clegg was a senior manager at British Airways before setting up the business creativity training company Creativity Unleashed Limited (www.cul.co.uk). He now divides his time between his work with large organisations, where his clients have included Sony And The BBC and writing books. Previous books Brian has written include Imagination Engineering andCapturing Customers' Hearts for FT Prentice Hall and A Brief History of Infinity and Before the Big Bang. Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous magazines and contributed to radio and TV programmes.
