Gravity
Life's Ups and Downs
By (author) David Howe
Paperback (No longer our product)
(July 2026)
ISBN: 9780718898557
6 x 9 inches
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Gravity by David Howe offers a playful look at one of nature’s fundamental forces, drawing out the exciting and unexpected affects of gravity, making a heavy subject seem light as air.
Gravity by David Howe offers a playful look at one of nature’s fundamental forces as it governs so much of everyday life, from apples falling to skiers descending, from water clocks trickling to sewage flowing. Head on a journey of discovery down rivers and by water wheels. Explore the part that gravity plays in the world of roller coasters, the ocean’s tides, and plate tectonics.
In the second half of the book, Howe considers ways in which nature and humanity have attempted to overcome the pull of gravity. Bats, birds and bees, aeroplanes, rockets and balloons have all achieved the wonder of flight. Gravity’s story is rounded off by considering the science that explains it and the literature it has inspired. Writing with enthusiasm and flair, the author draws out the exciting and unexpected affects of gravity, making a heavy subject seem light as air.
Through gravity’s lens, see the everyday world in a whole new, surprising light!
Part I
Going Down
Chapter 1 We All Fall Down
Chapter 2 Waste Water and Sewers
Chapter 3 Rivers and Rain
Chapter 4 Water Wheels, Mills and the Industrial Revolution
Chapter 5 Hydroelectricity
Chapter 6 Waggonways, Zip Wires and Roller Coasters
Chapter 7 Slipping and Sliding
Chapter 8 Jumping from Aeroplanes, Leaping off Mountains
Chapter 9 The Sun, Earth, Plate Tectonics and The Great Oxygenation Event
Chapter 10 The Moon and Tides
Chapter 11 Living on Land, Living with Gravity
Chapter 12 Mass and Weight
Chapter 13 Measuring Time
Chapter 14 Warm Water, Cold Water and Ocean Currents
Part II
Going Up
Chapter 15 Faster, Higher, Stronger
Chapter 16 Taking to the Air
Chapter 17 Aeroplanes and Rockets
Chapter 18 The Science of Gravity
Chapter 19 Heavy and Light in Literature
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
- By (author) David Howe
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