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Gravitation Resources
by Ron Kurtus (revised 3 November 2010)
The following material consists of website and book resources on gravitation.
Websites
Theories of Gravitation
Classical theories of gravitation - Wikipedia
Theories of gravitation - History - University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Gravitation and the General Theory of Relativity - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Einstein's Theory of Relativity versus Classical Mechanics - Complete online book by Paul Marmet
Relativity
General Theory of Relativity - Wikipedia
Gravitational Time Dilation - Wikipedia
Tests of general relativity - Wikipedia
Gravitational redshift - Wikipedia
Quantum Mechanics
Graviton - - Wikipedia
Gravitational wave - Wikipedia
String theory - Wikipedia
Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia
Quantum gravity - Wikipedia
Loop quantum gravity - Wikipedia
General gravitation
Gravitation - NASA Worldbook
Gravitation - Wikipedia
Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation - Dept. of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation - Wikipedia
Gravitational Acceleration - Wikipedia
Gravitational Acceleration Tutorial and Calculators - EasyCalculation.com
Gravitational Constant
Gravitational Constant - Wikipedia
Controversy over Newton's Gravitational Constant - University of Washington
Final Demystification of the gravitational constant variation - Blaze Labs Research; extensive research on variations and Unified Theory studies
Cavendish Experiment - Wikipedia
Cavendish Experiment - Harvard University Physics
Measurement of Gravitational Constant (PDF) - Rice University
Henry Cavendish - Weighing the Earth - Following the Path of Discovery
Bending Spacetime in the Basement: Measuring Gravitation - Homemade graviational experiments - John Walker of Fourmilab Switzerland; Some controversy on validity of results
Strong Equivalence Principle
The Principle of Equivalence from Einstein's Theory of Relativity versus Classical Mechanics online book by Paul Marmet
Equivalence principle (relativity) - Wikipedia
Escape velocity
Escape Velocity - Wikipedia
Escape velocity - HyperPhysics
Gravitational Potential - Wikipedia
Gravitational or Gravity Well - Wikipedia
Black Holes
Schwarzschild radius - Wikipedia
Gravitational singularity - Wikipedia
Black hole - Wikipedia
Books
Gravity physics
Reinventing Gravity: A Physicist Goes Beyond Einstein by John W. Moffat; Smithsonian (2008) $27.95
Head First Physics: A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics by Heather Lang; O'Reilly Media (2008) $29.99
Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity by J. B. Hartle; Benjamin Cummings (2003) $84.00
Gravitation physics
Gravitation (Physics Series) by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler, and John Wheeler; W. H. Freeman (1973) $123.63
Gravitation and Inertia by Ignazio Ciufolini and John Archibald Wheeler; Princeton University Press (1995) $105
Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation by Michael V. Berry; Taylor & Francis (1989) $55.95
The Gravitational Constant: Generalized Gravitational Theories and Experiments by Venzo De Sabbata, George T. Gillies and Vitaly N. Melnikov; Springer (2004) $176
Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity by Sean Carroll, Benjamin Cummings Publishing (2003) $123
Physical Science textbooks
Conceptual Physical Science - Chapter 4 Gravity and Satellite Motion by Paul G. Hewitt, John Suchocki and Leslie A. Hewitt, Addison-Wesley Longman (2004); $87
Physical Science: A Unified Approach - Chapter 5 Motion and Gravity by Jerry Schad, San Diego Mesa College, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. (1995); $215
Physics textbooks
Physics: Algebra/Trig - Chapter 5 Centripetal Force and Gravity by Eugene Hecht, Adelphi University; Brooks/Cole Publishing (2002) $239
Physics: Principles with Applications - Chapter 5 Circular Motion and Gravitation by Douglas C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall (2004) $199
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