Gravity: From Falling Apples to Supermassive Black Holes

'Includes exciting recent advances in studying gravity and its cosmic manifestations.' Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, former President of the Royal SocietyA fascinating historical account of how we have reached our current understanding of gravity. There have been sensational developments in gravitational physics in recent years.The detection of gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space - has opened a new window on the universe.These waves are produced by the most cataclysmic events in the universe - the collisions and mergers of black holes and neutron stars.There have also been great strides in our understanding of supermassive black holes.We now know that a black hole with a gargantuan mass lies at the heart of every galaxy, and we even have an image of one such beast.Gravity: From Falling Apples to Supermassive Black Holes provides an engaging and accessible account of how we have reached our current understanding of gravity and places these amazing discoveries in t