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Gravitation and Cosmology Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity

Steven Weinberg

A leading physicist delves into relativity and experimental applications Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity

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StarTalk Radio

This is the book that Katie Freeze learned cosmology from.

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I notice you have his book right there, right behind Chuck.

— Episode: Uncovering Dark Matter Mysteries with Ka...

Episode: Uncovering Dark Matter Mysteries with Katherine Fr...

This is the book that Katie Freeze learned cosmology from.

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I notice you have his book right there, right behind Chuck.

Yeah, it's right here. That is the book I learned cosmology from.

Episode: Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Superheroes

It was described as a very large and thick book, so substantial that simply carrying it around would teach you about gravitation.

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But I have one of his books is sitting here on my shelf. Gravitation, the only book that you ever learn about just by carrying it around.

Episode: The Science of Interstellar with Christopher Nolan

It was mentioned as a textbook co-authored by Kip Thorne, and it was described as extremely thick, so much that just carrying it around was enough to teach you about the subject.

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I have a book in my office co-authored by him the title of the book is gravitation and it's like a zillion pages thick and we always joke it's the only subject you ever learned about just by carrying the textbook around

Episode: Cosmic Queries – Our Galaxy and Beyond

Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned this book, focusing on a section about black holes as a potential garbage disposal system for Earth.

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In one of the most famous books ever written on gravity, it's called Gravity.

Right, it's gravitation.

Episode: Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Superheroes

It was mentioned as being very large and heavy, and Neil described it as being the only book you would learn about by just carrying it around.

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But I have one of his books is sitting here on my shelf. Gravitation, the only book that you ever learn about just by carrying it around. It's it's huge thick book with the proportions of a of a New York Yellow pages of back and young enough to remember the yellow page.

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