Author:
Grissom, Thomas.
Imprint:Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:The ancient quarrel -- Motion -- To be or not-to-be -- Atoms and the void -- Motion constrained -- How versus why -- Enter Newton -- The laws of motion -- Action at a distance -- Matter and light -- Heat and the arrow of time -- Who's really moving and what's the correct time? -- Curved space and the new gravity -- What you see is what you get -- A footnote on quantum gravity -- Equations that go berserk -- The physicist's world.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.
