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020			_a9783319749587 (hbk.)
024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-319-74959-4 _2doi
035			_a(DE-He213)978-3-319-74959-4
040			_aDLC _beng _epn _erda _cDLC
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100	1		_aMilsom, John. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aHunt for Earth Gravity : _bA History of Gravity Measurement from Galileo to the 21st Century / _cby John Milsom.
264		1	_aCham : _bSpringer International Publishing : _c2018.
300			_axxi, 402 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
500			_aEuro : 39.99/- TBH86/204
505	0		_aThe Beginning -- The Making of a Map -- The Astronomers -- The Synthesis -- The Figure of the Earth -- The Attraction of Mountains -- The Pitfalls of Pendulums -- Change of a Change -- The Rise and Fall of Springs -- The Challenges of Motion -- The Return of the Gradient -- A Map of the World -- Epilogue -- The Codas -- Index.
520			_aThe author of this history of mankind's increasingly successful attempts to understand, to measure and to map the Earth's gravity field (commonly known as 'little g' or just 'g') has been following in the footsteps of the pioneers, intermittently and with a variety of objectives, for more than fifty years. It is a story that begins with Galileo's early experiments with pendulums and falling bodies, progresses through the conflicts between Hooke and Newton and culminates in the measurements that are now being made from aircraft and satellites. The spectacular increases in accuracy that have been achieved during this period provide the context, but the main focus is on the people, many of whom were notable eccentrics. Also covered are the reasons WHY these people thought their measurements would be useful, with emphasis in the later chapters on the place of 'g' in today's applied geology, and on the ways in which it is providing new and spectacular visions of our planet. It is also, in part, a personal memoir that explores the parallels between the way fieldwork is being done now and the difficulties that accompanied its execution in the past. Selected topics in the mathematics of 'g' are discussed in a series of short Codas.
588			_aDescription based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
650		0	_aEarth.
650		0	_aGeology.
650		0	_aGeophysics.
650		0	_aHistory.
650	1	4	_aPopular Earth Science. _0https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q22000
650	2	4	_aGeophysics/Geodesy. _0https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G18009
650	2	4	_aHistory of Science. _0https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000
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