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The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything

By Marcus Chown
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Unabridged — 9 hours, 21 minutes
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By Marcus Chown
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Unabridged — 9 hours, 21 minutes
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Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe.

Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a "force" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists.

Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is "a riddle, wrapped in a m…

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