{"product_id":"the-beauty-of-falling-claudia-de-rham-9780691237503","title":"The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body's buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot, soaring over Canadian waterfalls on dark mornings before beginning her daily scientific research. As an astronaut candidate, dreaming of the experience of flying free from Earth's pull. And as a physicist, discovering new sides to gravity's irresistible personality by exploring the limits of Einstein's general theory of relativity. In \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of Falling\u003c\/i\u003e, de Rham shares captivating stories about her quest to gain intimacy with gravity, to understand both its feeling and fundamental nature. Her life's pursuit led her from a twist of fate that snatched away her dream of becoming an astronaut to an exhilarating breakthrough at the very frontiers of gravitational physics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile many of us presume to know gravity quite well, the brightest scientists in history have yet to fully answer the simple question: what exactly is gravity? De Rham reveals how great minds--from Newton and Einstein to Stephen Hawking, Andrea Ghez, and Roger Penrose--led her to the edge of knowledge about this fundamental force. She found hints of a hidden side to gravity at the particle level where Einstein's theory breaks down, leading her to develop a new theory of \"massive gravity.\" De Rham shares how her life's path turned from a precipitous fall to an exquisite flight toward the discovery of something entirely new about our surprising, gravity-driven universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia de Rham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691237506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691237503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Claudia de Rham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089426788607,"sku":"9780691237503","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52c05b2f-6b71-4075-9e23-3c7c60cff629.jpg?v=1769110182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beauty-of-falling-claudia-de-rham-9780691237503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}