| 单词 | gravity |
| 例句 | Newton’s great insights into these mathematical methods, and the beginnings of his investigation of gravity, occurred at a time when the routine of life in Cambridge was interrupted by the threat of plague. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s not possible to restore gravity in space, but it is possible to replace it with something that feels similar—centrifugal force. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Hiking packs leave you with no recognizable center of gravity at the best of times; here we were literally being blown over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z If it was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But since gravity would draw primordial black holes toward any matter, they should be much more common in and around galaxies. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The next twenty questions covered things like lions in the jungle, gravity in space, authors of famous books, and math. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In the open doorway of the house a correct butler was awaiting them, and something about his gravity reassured them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that the center of gravity in American collegiate rowing still lay somewhere between Cambridge, New Haven, Princeton, Ithaca, and Annapolis. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With a lifted head he raised their tragedy to nobleness and gravity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We launched water rockets, tested gravity in a drop tower, and controlled a robotic arm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In the distance, the Pleiades ship’s gravity stabilizer starts to hum, louder and louder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z However, the methods that I and other people were using in 1974 were not able to answer questions such as whether singularities would occur in quantum gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The music-master was a young man, thin and clean, whose bright silk waistcoats belied the gravity of the rest of his vesture, which was black and brown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Tea floated out like liquid in zero gravity as the missile passed through a belt of sunlit gnats. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The huge salmon swam up the falls, springing up and defying gravity as if it had been thrown upward into the air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The dinner was Kheifetz’s way of thanking Kamen for his having arranged radiation treatment for a Soviet diplomat’s leukemia in John Lawrence’s lab, but it was viewed with much greater gravity by the security men. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Realizing the gravity of the situation, they started rummaging around in their pockets and backpacks for anything they could contribute to the cause. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z From 1975 onward I therefore started to develop a more powerful approach to quantum gravity based on Richard Feynman’s idea of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest letdown about being abducted by aliens is the abundance of gravity on the spaceship. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Saturn’s gravity will propel it on to Uranus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid, who never understood the gravity of things, started smiling and laughing, pointing at Brave Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pilot, to his credit, appreciated the gravity of my predicament and didn’t give up. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That distortion—the curvature caused by objects sitting on the sheet—is gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The laws of gravity were about to apply to a long ash that clung to the cigarette. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “British brains dream up a chemical bond stronger than gravity!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The gravity of the situation didn’t hit me until Saturday afternoon, when Miles showed up on the doorstep, apologizing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When one tried to unify gravity with quantum mechanics, one had to introduce the idea of “imaginary” time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the idea was to figure out how well things grow in Martian gravity, and see what, if anything, we can do with Martian soil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the four fundamental forces, gravity is considered the weakest, despite its theoretically endless range. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Detective Frank Geyer was a big man with a pleasant, earnest face, a large walrus mustache, and a new gravity in his gaze and demeanor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He says them without the fearful gravity people on the outside give the words. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He did this by adding a cosmological constant, an as yet undetected force that counteracts the force of gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I’m in the back car of a roller coaster at the top of the climb, with the front rows already giving themselves over to gravity. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Had gravity been a trifle stronger, the universe itself might have collapsed like a badly erected tent without precisely the right values to give it the right dimensions and density and component parts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There are similar galaxies, as if stamped from the same mold, all over the Cosmos because these simple laws of nature—gravity and the conservation of angular momentum— are the same all over the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the gravity were much more, plants and animals and architecture would have to be short and squat and sturdy in order not to collapse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For just a moment, time slows like something falling while fighting with gravity. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was almost as if gravity had less of an effect in the darkness. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The gravity of sitting upright, we’ve learned, helps keep the vomit down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z If the Ferris wheel failed, there was absolutely nothing Sahil could do to fight off gravity, unless he was hiding some major superpowers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The moon is not nearly as large as the earth, and therefore its gravity is not as strong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Like if they refuse to believe in gravity, they can simply ignore it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He could not forget his youngest son, how he had looked standing tall and straight and his black brows drawn together in the gravity of his youth, and he could not forget the maid. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The greater the local mass, the more intense the local gravity, and the more severe the pucker, distortion or warp of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I feel like I’m in zero gravity, untethered from my surroundings. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He knew tractors and combines, of course, and had seen his dad’s bush hog and manure spreader and gravity wagons up close, in the barn. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a case of Mercurian gravity and a steel throwing arm. Watch, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The days of using a shopping cart as a go-cart, pushing it to the top of a hill, and letting gravity pull them down to the bottom were over. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I was one tiny pulsar in a swirling, luminous galaxy of Iranians, held together by the gravity of thousands of years of culture and heritage. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The same law of gravity applies everywhere in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of gravity seemed to surge up at him and pull him down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But a more massive star, left, after its supernova phase, with, say, five times the Sun’s mass, has an even more remarkable fate reserved for it—its gravity will turn it into a black hole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Meaning to the way your flesh connects to the earth, telling gravity to hold you and everyone else down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time, move apart, and then come together again and annihilate each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We now know it is impossible to have an infinite static model of the universe in which gravity is always attractive. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Other protogalaxies with weaker gravity or less initial rotation flattened very little and became the first elliptical galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And our city is right by the ocean, in case you forgot. Water drains downward.Ya know, gravity and all that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs nor to the insidious gravity of the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z These figures reflected in the mirror are slightly askew, as if a different law of gravity, a different arrangement of space, exists inside, locked in, sealed up in the glass as if in a paperweight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact,it is not really consistent to treat light like cannonballs in Newton’s theory of gravity because the speed of light is fixed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the low center of gravity, Kendra found that leaning was enough to prevent the boat from capsizing, but the naiads were relentless. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z For example, very accurate observations of the planet Mercury revealed a small difference between its motion and the predictions of Newton’s theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They haven’t the oomph to escape Earth’s gravity and, even if they did, there are no mechanisms to guide them across tens of millions of miles of space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It would increase our speed from 18,000 to 25,000 miles per hour, and we would have broken the bonds of earth’s gravity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ironically, though, while Newton was distracted from following up his ideas about gravity, in 1674 Hooke had struck to the heart of the problem of orbital motion. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And she would reply, “Sirs — you have gravity enough without me. And when I return, comet-like, to your orbit, you will welcome me all the more for my rarity and dazzle.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Try to not be held down by gravity, and see how high you rise. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It made me feel too light, as if I were anchored by a different kind of gravity than other people. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I knew any plan, any power, I’d believed I had, had been given over to God, gravity and the boy on the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When we apply Feynman’s sum over histories to Einstein’s view of gravity, the analogue of the history of a particle is now a complete curved space-time that represents the history of the whole universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That the velocity of a falling body equals the acceleration due to gravity multiplied by the time of the fall in seconds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A giant column of muscle and flesh suddenly leaped upward— ton after ton of flesh suddenly pouring itself skyward in defiance of gravity. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed the best way of unifying gravity with the other forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t scared of gravity on that day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z So, too, science itself is an invention, but Newton did not invent gravity, he discovered its law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is a remarkable thought that that distant tiny twinkle has enough gravity to hold all these comets in orbit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s too bad you can’t turn gravity off and on at your pleasure. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice had a soothing gravity and his smile was disarmingly gentle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This, however, is difficult to determine in the case of quantum gravity, for two reasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad made his way to the bathroom like he was in zero gravity. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If Henry’s voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex’s neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Alabaster is giving it a gravity that resists a total smile. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ari-Eil stood nearby, as unaffected by the tilt as he was by gravity or the need to breathe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The main difficulty in finding a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces is that general relativity is a “classical” theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The outer core, then the inner core, to the very center of gravity, and then gravity reverses. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Given the gravity of the situation, it was more than likely that Cudgeon would get the go-ahead to bio-bomb the whole place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Middleweight? What, this was so long ago gravity wasn’t as strong as it is now, or did a pound just weigh less back then?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The problem with Earth is there’s gravity, and atmosphere, and all that other sticky, tricky Earth stuff that slows the pendulum down until it stops. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I’ve come to think either he has a way with gravity or I’m seriously missing more than a few buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But if light is composed of particles, one might expect them to be affected by gravity in the same way that cannonballs, rockets, and planets are. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy weight of it presses down on me in a force much greater than gravity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The reason is that, as we saw as part of ‘musical gravity’ in the last chapter, these three harmonic centres are the most inherently powerful. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I, uh, get a volunteer to lie down on the board like so. Okay. This is the important part. Their center of gravity has to be directly over one of the chairs. This one.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Chandrasekhar calculated that a cold star of more than about one and a half times the mass of the sun would not be able to support itself against its own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Finally, my wings begin to falter, I lose height, and gravity pulls me into a foamy sea the color of Finnick’s eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She never hits or lands; she falls and falls, and I wake with my heart pounding and gravity cut from under me, as in an elevator plummeting out of control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The pull of gravity is just like the tendency of objects to roll into the dimple. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Smith, Pollard, and the Howards were soon intimately familiar with the strange gravity of celebrity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it would fire its engine and slow down enough to be captured by the moon’s gravity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course Jenny is real young, Shad,” he said, with the gravity of a small parson. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at him with all the weight and gravity she could muster. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were to point backward when we fired them, so that they slowed us down enough to allow gravity to bend our orbit back into the atmosphere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For neutron stars, the pressure of the neutrons staves off gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Trans-earth injection meant igniting the command module’s engine to cause us to speed up enough to break the moon’s tug of gravity and send us on our way back to earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This enabled the two Voyagers to use a "gravity assist" technique in which the craft were successively flung from one gassy giant to the next in a kind of cosmic version of "crack the whip." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He holds my gaze, and I feel the same pull I’ve always felt toward him, an undeniable gravity that dares me to close the gap between us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Humble doesn’t smoke, says it’s disgusting, but everyone else in here does, practically, including the black guy who’s afraid of gravity; and the big girl, Becca, both of whom I thought were underage. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And if the earth was not homogeneous, where was its centre of gravity? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But Rowan knew Volta would never find the momentum to escape Goddard’s gravity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Under the theory that light is made up of waves, it was not clear how it would respond to gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the low gravity, his arms seemed like they were everywhere. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yeah. The ship isn't spinning right now. No centripetal gravity." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, all alone, sitting upright on the rug, and gazing with gravity at the blaze, I beheld a great black and white long-haired dog, just like the Gytrash of the lane. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Newton’s law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One Sunday morning he played the organ with particular gravity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Just like it had when we left Earth, using Sagan’s gravity to garner energy. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z These words of Father Restrepo were etched in the family memory with all the gravity of a diagnosis, and in the years to come they had more than one occasion to recall them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Jam had been lying on a grassy hill behind the school, one they liked to roll down, watching the sky bump and skip in hiccuped blue as gravity played with them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z However, the matter is all attracting itself by gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I yelled out some expletive or other, trying to find my center of gravity, but it felt like I was on an ice rink without skates on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And then he turns his hand upside down so that the bill sticks to his fingers even as they’re pointed downward, seeming to defy the pull of gravity for it to drop to the ground. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Brannon, now bound to play out whatever mad charade that Odum wished, dutifully and with utmost gravity began to consume his cigar after he had carefully extinguished it in his water glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z During most of its life, a star is in an uneasy equilibrium: the propensity to collapse under its own gravity is balanced by the energy that comes from the fusing hydrogen in its center. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That theory, quantum mechanics, will be described next, before we turn to the efforts to combine the two partial theories into a single quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He slid from Seabiscuit’s side as if gravity were pulling him backward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lower than I'd like, but he's been in Mars gravity for eighteen months, so it's expected." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But what happened when a thing in motion–light above all–encountered an obstacle such as gravity? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Pedrito took on a certain gravity, became an important man around here. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, turning to the other two, he said with intense gravity:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The only areas of physical science into which quantum mechanics has not yet been properly incorporated are gravity and the large-scale structure of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the pull of the earth on me, the dragging of its dark curve of gravity, the spaces between the atoms you could fall so easily through. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If anyone had been watching, they would have noticed that the wheel fell faster than gravity could account for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the past few years they have begun to succeed, creating a monster theory that explains the quantum-mechanical nature of gravity, allowing them to peer at the very creation of our universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What I remember for sure is what I felt: rage and the old gravity of West Baltimore, the gravity that condemned me to the schools, the streets, the void. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As time went on, the hydrogen and helium gas in the galaxies would break up into smaller clouds that would collapse under their own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the Underworld tugged at her like dark gravity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All around her, dozens of honeybees whirled like tiny moons in orbit, anchored only by her gravity. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My hand flapped and Mum’s mouth went round like an O. ‘He defied the law of gravity, Mum. He went up but he didn’t come down. Which means Newton got it wrong. Hrumm.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking up at the constellation of garbage, it was as though gravity had abandoned the place and all that junk simply floated, magically free, above our heads. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The exception was the Parisian philosophers, for whom the centre of gravity of both the earth and the water remained coincident with the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It not only explained mathematically the orbits of heavenly bodies, but also identified the attractive force that got them moving in the first place–gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This does not matter too much, because gravity is such a weak force that its effects can usually be neglected when we are dealing with elementary particles or atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Floating to the other side of the core, Lewis took the other ladder out, again gaining gravity as she went "down." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However the Earth’s gravity has managed to nudge Venus into this Earth- locked rotation rate, it cannot have happened rapidly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravity of all this had put us in a solemn state of mind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Parisian view, that the centre of gravity of the earth corresponded to the centre of the sphere of water, will have seemed at first sight like a viable option. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Einstein made a number of unsuccessful attempts between 1908 and 1914 to find a theory of gravity that was consistent with special relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Consisting of a table and barely room to seat six, it ranked low in gravity priority. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Octopuses have these little sacs called statocysts that respond to motion and gravity, so that their eyes can be totally unfazed, totally steady. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The telegram started sliding up the kite string, against gravity. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s all about gravity,” I say, because I figure a levitation trick would definitely have something to do with gravity. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z While the terminology is well intentioned, it utterly fails to convey the gravity of the situation facing people upon their release from prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They took turns flinging their heads back in defiance of gravity, letting the ends of their hair trail along the water’s surface, reveling in the feeling of weightlessness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Hinted at the gravity of the so-called “trauma of decanting,” and enumerated the precautions taken to minimize, by a suitable training of the bottled embryo, that dangerous shock. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as there was a centre of gravity, or a ‘home’ in the sound, the relationship between chords also started to coalesce into hierarchies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The ride spun faster, so fast that gravity squatted on my chest and pushed the air from my lungs, and then faster still. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She was calm and sometimes solemn, and together that could be mistaken for gravity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This force is universal, that is, every particle feels the force of gravity, according to its mass or energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Astronomers have observed many systems in which two stars orbit around each other, attracted toward each other by gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It may not look it, but all the glass on Earth is flowing downward under the relentless drag of gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This title is rather an exaggeration: the resultant theories are not all that grand, nor are they fully unified, as they do not include gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The principal spoke with such gravity that Christine and her classmates worried they might have to pack up their books and decamp for the other side of town at that very moment. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When the other girls crouched to slap the stage, I tilted; when we were to cartwheel, I swayed, refusing to allow gravity to do its work, to draw the sweatshirt any higher up my legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This outward force would balance the force of the Earth’s gravity if gravity fell off in accordance with an inverse square law, but Newton did not explicitly state this at the time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Moon material would be used wherever possible, because the moon’s lower gravity would make the trip less costly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And he went into a lot of jargon about center of gravity and wing configuration. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One has to use a quantum theory of gravity to understand how the universe began. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In an expanding universe in which the density of matter varied slightly from place to place, gravity would have caused the denser regions to slow down their expansion and start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben came out then, his bedhead seeming to challenge our basic understanding of the force gravity exerts upon matter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But my lips are frozen, and my body is leaden as if earth’s gravity has tripled in the very spot I’m standing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z On February 1, I heard on the radio that the Russians had launched Luna I, the first man-made object ever to break away from Earth’s gravity. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As a kindness we remove our friends from the domain of the gravity machine before we dial higher gravities still. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “With the Lord’s help,” he said, with a gravity so extreme that it was almost hostility. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Shay called that “high gravity,” which happened every time a fast-moving object changed direction. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This behavior of the universe could have been predicted from Newton’s theory of gravity at any time in the nineteenth, the eighteenth, or even the late seventeenth century. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z M31 has two small satellites, dwarf elliptical galaxies bound to it by gravity, by the identical law of physics that tends to keep me in my chair. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the path, letting herself fall downhill, so that gravity pushed at her, forced her to keep moving. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody—namely, to utilise the force of gravity. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There are restrictions on the official competing players—some worlds allow players to fly around or swim underwater, while others must obey virtual gravity. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cloud of chalk dust had drifted in, and then gravity had taken over. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Once again physicists are talking about the cosmological constant—the mysterious term that Einstein added to his equations to balance the push of gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These women are pillars of wonder, defying gravity while wearing the ho-hum aspect of perfect tedium. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead she responded by raising her center of gravity just enough for the kick to knock her feet out from under her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It told the board where Tally’s center of gravity was, and which way she was facing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Magdalys hopped off and teetered back and forth for a few seconds, trying to remember what gravity felt like. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity, are always windfalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Newton’s law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Any minute, gravity will triple and crush me like an empty soda can. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Other times I think gravity is love, which is why love’s only demand is that we fall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Also, it turns out the visible mass of a galaxy doesn’t have enough gravity to explain why it doesn’t fly apart.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The crew quarters stood against the outer hull of the constantly spinning ship to maximize simulated gravity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she lacked weight, gravity, she was less than the air. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When we kiss, it’s with a gravity we lacked before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If they are over ten times farther away, the gravity is ten squared, 102 = 100 times smaller. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few weeks, I preoccupied myself with gravity and momentum, atoms and cells, the Anglo-Afghan wars, instead of thinking about Hassan and what had happened to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Chandrasekhar showed that a collapsing star that has about 1.4 times the mass of our sun will have enough gravity to overwhelm the Pauli exclusion principle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She swung with all her might, reaching for the other side in defiance of gravity. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I felt empty, too, and strangely heavy, like the planet was spinning too fast, heating up gravity, pulling me toward the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Toby laughed, as if she didn’t believe in gravity. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He looked like a football player, solid and strong, with a new center of gravity. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But soon they found an explanation, which he illustrates with a looser simile: We’re all used to gravity being a force that does only one thing: pull objects toward each other. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Deep inside my chest, a main sequence star collapsed under its own gravity. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Back when things were still civilized, the rich folks from town used to come up and stay their weekends in grand hotels, and ride on the gravity railroad. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, where was the centre of gravity of the conjoined spheres of earth and water? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With one sixth earth’s gravity, the moon would be a comfortable place to live. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving her lips rapidly, she held her rosary tightly and recited each Hail Mary with a desperate gravity, as though she were flinging anvils at the gates of Heaven. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s really hard to siphon directly from one gas tank into another. You need a gas can like this so you can position the hose lower at this end. You know, gravity.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Or perhaps time, as it will, lent the occasion a gravity that it did not possess, and everything was as Lander insisted: They were deluded. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Others, such as those of gravity and natural selection, are commonly called theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even when he said that, the gravity of my situation still wasn’t sinking in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z From the written evidence of Newton’s own papers that can be dated, there is nothing about the Moon in the work on gravity he carried out in the plague years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The lightweight hydrogen gas should, because of Titan’s low gravity, rapidly escape to space by a violent process known as “blowoff,” which should carry the methane and other atmospheric constituents with it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His body radiated its own sort of gravity, causing the other monsters to lean towards him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There another steam-engine pump lifted the water into huge wood reservoirs, from where it was fed by gravity to households and businesses around the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Some doctors thought the heart and blood-supply system would become confused by the lack of gravity and would not function properly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This means that when the star got sufficiently dense, the repulsion caused by the exclusion principle would be less than the attraction of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the orbits of the planets predicted by general relativity are almost exactly the same as those predicted by the Newtonian theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the event horizon the pull of a black hole’s gravity is so strong—and space is so curved—that nothing can escape, not even light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Who could ever forget her amazingly gymnastic tumble through zero gravity on her space walk in that episode about the space station? Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Thomas could picture it all: the creature’s metal spikes digging into the wooden sides of the Homestead, the massive creature rolling its body, climbing up toward their room, defying gravity with its strength. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z If the density is greater than the critical value, gravity will stop the expansion at some time in the future and cause the universe to recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Descartes, in the case of gravity this pushing process was the result of the Earth being caught up in a vast vortex of fluid swirling round the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was as though he had thrown the world out of orbit all with a single kiss, sent gravity head over heels, and along with it, the rules that I thought governed us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, the movement’s center of gravity shifted to Washington, DC. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Afghanistan is home to the best horsemen—they can defy gravity on the back of a stallion. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Despite my loaded backpack, I’m light, free from gravity’s anchor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Grand unified theories do not include the force of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I’m struck with a crippling wave of panic that starts in my chest and pulls like a lethal gravity, collapsing my lungs until I’ve imploded so deep within myself, I can’t breathe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z John looked with a child’s impenetrable gravity into the preacher’s face, as though he were turning this question over in his mind and would answer when he had thought it out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But I could never run far or fast enough to escape the impact because gravity is inevitable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z However, it was inconsistent with the Newtonian theory of gravity, which said that objects attracted each other with a force that depended on the distance between them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to keep moving, or the gravity of what she had just done would overwhelm her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If this is the case, there is little chance of a big crunch, because something is opposing the force of gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But how would you make your shots curve through the air, with no gravity to pull at the ball? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my portion of the American galaxy, where bodies were enslaved by a tenacious gravity, was black and that the other, liberated portion was not. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The moment you passed through the entrance, the laws of gravity changed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She walked slowly, every plodding step a chore, anchored to the ground as if by some surplus of gravity. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was gravity in her, but nothing grim or bleak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z More or less reflexively, he dropped into his equations something called the cosmological constant, which arbitrarily counterbalanced the effects of gravity, serving as a kind of mathematical pause button. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In 1980 in Montreal I was handed a pamphlet which rejected Newton’s account of gravity and defended a modified Cartesian account. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead, she runs, her spirit lighter than air, lighter than the copper of her flesh, more willful than gravity. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His brown eyes lost some of their gravity. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The acrobat tent looms higher than the tents surrounding it and the sign that reads defiance of gravity swings over the entrance only a few paces away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he said, with the gravity of the very drunk, “You’ve hired a coward. What would he do if I hurt you, do you think?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When the gravity approaches a billion g’s, something still more strange happens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Feigning an equal gravity, Sam made an elegant leg, and delivered a short, sharp kick to the barrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s the obvious heaviness of the heads, their vacancy, the way gravity pulls them down and there’s no life anymore to hold them up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Absorbed by my surroundings and the gravity of the labor, I lost myself in the unfettered pleasures of ascent, and for an hour or two actually forgot to be afraid. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z These theories also made testable predictions about the way gravity works. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z One possibility was that the universe would collapse under its own gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If Annabeth backtracked even a step, she felt tired and heavy, as if gravity were increasing to discourage her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Lunar-orbit insertion was the process of slowing down enough to be captured by the moon’s gravity, but not slow enough to crash into it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At Down, he and Charles worked together studying the movement of plants in relation to light and gravity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No mere luxury, the centripetal gravity of Hermes kept them fit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the investigation of gravity now took a back seat as Newton turned to a new passion—alchemy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “See the stars? And that asteroid field? And that lonely satellite going by? There’s no gravity. You’re weightless. You can do anything you want with your body. You just have to think it.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We are pulled toward the ground by gravity, gravity keeps the moon in orbit around the earth, and our planet is held captive by the sun because of gravity. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But Gogol sounds ludicrous to his ears, lacking dignity or gravity. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The reason is that the body would not have to fight against gravity, and would therefore become weakened. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravity of his job never let up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sound of an engine, no hint of how it was held against gravity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The stream of brownish liquid in her clear measuring cup was not moving, even though the cup tipped well past the point where gravity should’ve emptied it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A Level Three Awkward Silence began to coalesce around us, like interstellar hydrogen pulled together by gravity to form a new nebula. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The geometrical centre of the globe and its centre of gravity were, he asserted, one and the same. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But for the gravity of the situation, Basil and Jess would have seen the chance for many a good laugh. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The problem was that my heart, veins, and arteries had gotten used to weightlessness and needed a little while to readjust to gravity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was only twelve then, but he could have been twenty-two: his quick-fire intelligence was already being cooled by gravity, the brittle self-assuredness of adolescence already annealing into the self-confidence of adulthood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If we increase the gravity still more, the light is pulled back to the ground near us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One idea involved turning the president upside down for several hours and allowing gravity to pull the bullet toward the entry hole, where it could be easily lifted out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the scientific side, apart from the work on gravity, in 1678 Hooke came up with his best-known piece of work, the discovery of the law of elasticity which bears his name. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z If left to its own devices, a sufficiently large ball of gas would collapse under the weight of its own gravity; it would crush itself into a tiny lump. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The astronauts float around inside the space shuttle’s cramped quarters, where there is no gravity. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had been paying any attention to their adversary in that moment before contact, they might have noticed that he shifted his weight to lower his center of gravity. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Caught in midair, like a ballet dancer, defying gravity. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The gravity of relativity theory was brilliant at explaining why planets orbited suns or why galaxies tended to cluster, but turned out to have no influence at all at the particle level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You couldn't lift a three-ton vehicle unless you adjusted gravity, and how could you survive piling through a building unless you were able to manipulate energy? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I can tell because there's no gravity and there are other humans around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The hand seemed to come up against gravity, against his will. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Counting, Ten, twenty, thirty, forty deep into the winter until one afternoon gravity releases me and my feet fly free in the ropes, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety . . . as my grandmother watches me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I rose and took his plate, little entertained with jests on matters of such gravity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was a pretty crummy hotel, and there weren’t enough sheets, and there was hardly any gravity, and no one had a fake ID so they put a lock on the minibar. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your lips,” I say, feeling the dangerous pull of gravity between us, daring me to kiss her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He proceeded on foot, the ground gritty and slippery to his steps, the low gravity causing him difficulty. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Some scientists have theorized that Miranda's piecemeal structure is the result of a massive impact that broke the moon into several pieces that—held together by her gravity—were reformed into something entirely unique. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I felt the gravity of the young man’s foot in my hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu was shocked that Master was not shocked, did not understand the gravity of the situation, and so he added, “It was very bad, sah. Very bad. Mama nearly slapped my madam.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the woman says something about using gravity. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie had told me a thing or two about gravity...and about how Osh had suddenly appeared in the Elizabeths about a year before I had. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When the gravity is sufficiently high, nothing, not even light, can get out. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As a teenager, I didn’t realize the gravity of what had happened at the childrens march in downtown Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the sound of my hands punching off it, and the feel of my body lifting, spinning weightlessly through the air before surrendering to gravity, my feet finding the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Laurie bit his lips, and turning a little from the pensive speaker, read the following document, with praiseworthy gravity, considering the spelling: Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And we shall see, in later chapters, that we already know a fair amount about the predictions a quantum theory of gravity must make. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His insistence on being more precise than Archimedes goes back into his youth, when he had devised an instrument, the balincetta, which would make more exact measurements of specific gravities than any made before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of the major endeavors in physics today, and the major theme of this book, is the search for a new theory that will incorporate them both—a quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nothing at all like the sort of thing they taught you in elementary school gym classes; instead, it was a move that, like much of breakdancing, challenged the basic rules of gravity. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their gravity drew to them substantial quantities of nearby gas, growing clouds of hydrogen and helium that were destined to become clusters of galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This force Newton called gravity, and believed that it acted at a distance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As they veered sideways over the city of Regalia, Gregor was reminded of the gravity of their task by the manic activity below. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, she was the Wraith—the only law that applied to her was gravity, and some days she defied that, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The question of the unification of the remaining category, gravity, we shall leave till later. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In attempting to incorporate the uncertainty principle into general relativity, one has only two quantities that can be adjusted: the strength of gravity and the value of the cosmological constant. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact it was less than the force of Earth's surface gravity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi stared at her, letting the gravity of the revelation sink in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The two became three, and Hazel carefully studied the shift in gravity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even those who realized that Newton’s theory of gravity showed that the universe could not be static did not think to suggest that it might be expanding. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The cosmological constant’s push would balance out gravity’s pull; instead of collapsing, the universe could stay in a steady balance, neither collapsing nor expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Because of this relative motion, the particles can never stick together by their mutual gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, that expansion will cease, and gravity will cause the universe to contract. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dad dodged the Dancing Fan and sat beside me on the edge of the bed, generating a gravity well to try and pull me out. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Not gravity in the sense of solemnity—though that, too—but gravity in the sense of a pull. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The view induces the opposite of vertigo, a lurching feeling inspired not by gravity’s pull to earth, but by the infinite reaches of heaven. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This shouldn’t matter, but it does: the sense of shame I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who witnessed it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Not one of them was allowed to be repeated in a melodic phrase, which prevented the listener’s ear from latching on to any note as the centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Because Obie was certain of one thing as if it was a natural law, like gravity—Renault wasn’t going to sell the chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d learned about astronomy: stuff like gravity, sound waves, and space warps. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z And he saw a tall and slender lad, who was neither his father nor his mother, except that he had his mother’s gravity and silence. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z However, it seems that gravity may provide a limit to this sequence of “boxes within boxes.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He carefully oudined the evolution of the ANC’s policy, putting things simply and clearly, and his former positions as teacher and chief imparted an added gravity and authority to his words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After vitals was breakfast, where the guy who was afraid of gravity and Rolling Pin Robert were gone—Humble told me and Noelle that they got discharged. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of silence that has its own gravity. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When we increase the gravity a little—from 1 g to, say, 3 or 4 g’s—everyone becomes immobilized: even moving a paw requires enormous effort. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been only a year since I'd discovered we were undocumented, so I didn't quite grasp the gravity of the day our Social Security cards finally arrived in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Using the wave/particle duality discussed in the last chapter, everything in the universe, including light and gravity, can be described in terms of particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Panting, we clung to each other as though gravity itself might yank us apart if we weren’t careful. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If two objects are moved twice as far away, the gravity now pulling them together is only one-quarter as strong. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1907, or so it has sometimes been written, Albert Einstein saw a workman fall off a roof and began to think about gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Even for objects the size of stars, the attractive force of gravity can win over all the other forces and cause the star to collapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of them, side by side, commanded an undeniable gravity that could silence three hundred scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Right. Faith in God. That's a good idea. I'd also like to believe that I could fly into outer space on the fluffy backs of giant penguins and screw Katherine XIX in zero gravity.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And since the accident, those traits that I loved had given way to something darker—seriousness had become gravity, sensitivity had transformed into melancholy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z At home it was easier, because I was letting gravity drag me down the hill, but I’d still only ever walked four or five steps in a row before. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Everyone floats, some upside down, like they’re all in zero gravity or something. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Might gravity tunnels provide a kind of interstellar or intergalactic subway, permitting us to travel to inaccessible places much more rapidly than we could in the ordinary way? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She nodded solemnly, like she understood the gravity of this moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This led him on to mechanics, where he did important work on momentum and studied the nature of centrifugal force, demonstrating its similarity to gravity, and improved on Galileo’s treatment of the flight of projectiles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In October 1981, I went to Moscow for a conference on quantum gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, it was inevitable, like gravity, like night and day, little apple-bites when God's back is turned, her name fell, bastardized, breaking into a half dozen nicknames—"pobrecita Yosita"—another nickname. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the quantum theory ol gravity, on the other hand, a third possibility arises. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It is being designed so that four people will be able to stay aboard for long periods of time, working in a laboratory, exploring ideas that involve gravity or the lack of it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt kind of strange to be back in the clutch of gravity again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was a little later that same night that his lordship said with some gravity, shaking his head: 'I fought that war to preserve justice in this world. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It is a fundamental law of Nature, as basic as gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people make it by dripping water through a filter containing coffee grounds: they are relying on gravity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To Ben, the Latin responses had more gravity at night, especially when combined with a choir and a packed church. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Enormous ingenuity is apparent with some of the loners in placing the water supply higher than the unit and connecting it with plastic pipe so that a gravity flow is insured. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Og set the dance floor’s gravity on a counterclockwise spin, making all of our avatars slowly rotate around the club’s invisible central axis, like motes of dust floating inside a snow globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was an impossible leap, a mad leap, but she was once again her father’s daughter, unbound by the rules of gravity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You don’t even control the climate or the law of gravity. And there are disease, pain, death—” O’Brien silenced him by a movement of the hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I’ve got so much to learn before I shall be ready, it seems a short time to me,” answered Meg, with a sweet gravity in her face never seen there before. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We have already witnessed composers beginning to play around with this sequence as they became aware of musical gravity, but in the dusty world of music terminology it has a name: the Circle of Fifths. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After eight days at zero G, our bodies weren’t accustomed to gravity or deceleration, and our good old earth one G seemed heavy indeed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be no gravity to squash their bodies against their seats. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, I let gravity pull me down, slowly, and I jumped back up again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This is why it is gravity that determines the evolution of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally, the Day of Sacrifice came and went with all the pomp and gravity that it ought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z That is partly true, but Newton has absolutely no explanation of what gravity is or how it works; as we have seen, he admits as much. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What Cavendish was trying to do was measure gravity at this extremely featherweight level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She took him down and had him pinned—but it was as if gravity reversed, and suddenly she realized he had turned the tables. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now, as the first front door opened, I spoke calmly and severely, explaining the situation as one of gravity but not crisis. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If the gravity were much less, there might be tall, spindly shapes that would not be tumbled or crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To simulate gravity, feign grief and pretend supernatural intelligence of the hereafter in so fearsome and arcane a circumstance as death seemed the most criminal of offenses. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Just as she figured out that the Lysander was plunging earthward in a screaming dive, the increased gravity knocked her cold again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But with all Wang Lung’s urging Ching to eat and eat well, the man still put no flesh on his bones, remaining always a small, spare, lean man of great gravity. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I could easily imagine this meeting, the gravity of my father as he sat across from my sister, the reverence and power in his words. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was farther than I’d ever walked on my hands, even when I had gravity on my side going downhill at home. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Together they had defeated gravity and conquered the soft gumbo of Chicago soil, to change forever the character of urban life; now, together, they would build the fair and change history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And gravity takes his body and he slumps sideways. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He jumps down from his perch at the back of the truck and glides across the driveway, moving as if gravity affects him differently than it does the rest of us. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Sun will become a red giant star, its visible surface so far from its interior that the gravity at its surface grows feeble, its atmosphere expanding into space in a kind of stellar gale. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks up at me with her eyebrows raised, like, this is a crisis and I do not understand the gravity of the situation. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Cade slowed the truck, or perhaps, I thought, the rain pushed so hard against us that surface gravity doubled on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We threw it against the wall, which wasn’t as hard to do with almost no gravity. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a few steps and a leap, and gravity would do the rest She counted down from five, then counted down from ten, neither of which worked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If it has a fairly low speed, gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fighting to keep his mouth composed in its line of earnest gravity, but he couldn’t keep the humor from his eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At least in the hospital they had better gravity than the hotel. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In space, with no gravity, there is no “up” or “down” for the heart, and when it pumps, it has an easier job, having only to overcome the resistance of the veins and arteries. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My skeleton was a male’s, with its higher center of gravity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Some flattened, squashing themselves along the axis of rotation where gravity is not balanced by centrifugal force. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You may think that this is simply because Galileo’s law is incomplete: Newton’s theory of gravity provides an explanation both of Galileo’s law of fall and of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A giraffe depends on its powerful, twenty-pound heart to fight the force of gravity to get the blood all the way up its neck. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Others long to find gravitons–the seat of gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think gravity may be death in disguise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As a modification of this view, one could argue that the centre of the universe corresponds to the centre of gravity of the aggregate of the two spheres of earth and water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Washington was the core of gravity that prevented the American Revolution from flying off into random orbits, the stable center around which the revolutionary energies formed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He said, “What do you mean why is there gravity?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock? Sit down, Corin, or shalt leave the table. I ask your Highness again, to hear our conditions." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Recognizing the gravity of his predicament, he had abandoned the cocky moniker he’d been using for years, Alexander Supertramp, in favor of the name given to him at birth by his parents. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As we lower the gravity, things weigh less. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The success of scientific theories, particularly Newton’s theory of gravity, led the French scientist the Marquis de Laplace at the beginning of the nineteenth century to argue that the universe was completely deterministic. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just the facts of it but the how and the why and the gravity of it—what it means. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So one has to use a quantum theory of gravity to discuss the very early stages of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "No, you won't. There's such a thing as gravity. God made that, too, you know." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z According to Guth’s theory, at one ten-millionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second, gravity emerged. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As the wheel turns, the capsules use the force of gravity to stay upright. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I let gravity pull me the rest of the way down and sat on the grass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The theory of gravity simply makes possible reliable predictions across a wider field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come along until Einstein proposed general relativity in 1915. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These ballistic missiles followed an arcing trajectory, piercing the earth's atmosphere and falling to earth with the force of gravity; once launched, they could not be stopped. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is almost time to introduce Halley and Newton and their contributions to the debate about gravity. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then in Chapter 3 he stresses the importance of the discovery of America: earth and water make one globe in which the centre of gravity and the geometrical centre coincide. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Dashwoods’s editorial gravity relaxed into a smile, for Jo had forgotten her ‘friend’, and spoken as only an author could. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘For who doubts,’ asked Newton’s associate Roger Cotes, ‘if gravity be the cause of the descent of a stone in Europe, but that it is also the cause of the same descent in America?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His face was alight with a curious balance of eagerness and gravity. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I try to unsynch with the law of gravity and float up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We don’t yet have a complete and consistent theory that combines quantum mechanics and gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, in the quantum theory of gravity, there are many different possible quantum states for the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo also wanted to construct an object which would fully immerse but not sink—an object with the same specific gravity as water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In fact, the same behavior of gravity with distance in more than three space dimensions means that the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with pressure balancing gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate, gravity would never be strong enough to stop it, and the universe would continue to expand forever. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was like their lives were overlapping lines, like they had their own gravity. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I had no way of measuring the gravity of my wrong and I assumed that I had done something for which I would never be forgiven. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Could they handle themselves while undergoing violent vibrations or being exposed to extreme forces ten times that of gravity? Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z You probably expected a thousand words on gravity or the four laws of thermodynamics, not a journal recounting the last 144 days of my life—possibly of all life—interspersed with crazy doomsday scenarios. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It feels all wrong, like gravity has reversed, or I’m in a dream. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Earths gravity exerted its force on the satellite and had to be accounted for in the trajectory’s system of equations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Grief, terror, love, longing — these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But even in a fairly strong gravity field, light would travel in a straight line, as it does, of course, in everyday life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For the case of a dropped ball, x = gt2/2, where g is the acceleration due to gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The force of gravity is so great that the star’s electrons give up their struggle once and for all; the electrons smash into the star's protons, creating neutrons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These elements were acted on by two forces: gravity, the tendency for earth and water to sink, and levity, the tendency for air and fire to rise. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before gravity pulled it down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As the Olympic preliminary heats approached and the gravity of what was coming settled on them, Ulbrickson’s boys began to get tense and fidgety again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This acceleration, which characterizes the force of gravity holding us to the Earth’s surface, is called 1 g, g for Earth gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t understand the gravity of what’s been going on in this community and we do,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “And a bit of downhill,” I say, grateful for gravity’s help with the wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But now I understand the gravity of what I was proposing— that a four-year-old child be watchful, prudent, and shrewd, that I curtail your happiness, that you submit to a loss of time. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Because Mars is smaller than earth, Mars’ gravity is not as strong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But for other things in the universe–light, gravity, the universe itself–these are matters of consequence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Ever since she had told him that gravity went only three miles into the sky, this aspect of their relationship was set. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z According to Einstein himself, he was simply sitting in a chair when the problem of gravity occurred to him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson smiled and said, “That’s kind of like asking if I agree with the law of gravity. Whether I agree with it or not, it’s still the law.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, when the region got small enough, it would be spinning fast enough to balance the attraction of gravity, and in this way disklike rotating galaxies were born. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been left behind to age, harnessed by earth’s unyielding gravity. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Suppose we had a magic gravity machine—a device with which we could control the Earth’s gravity, perhaps by turning a dial. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because gravity holds planets in orbit and makes falling objects land with a bang, we tend to think of it as a powerful force, but it is not really. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There is no law that requires the universe to fill itself with small particles of matter or to produce light and gravity and the other physical properties on which our existence hinges. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Merely to the illustration of your character,” said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Newton, and others, should have realized that a static universe would soon start to contract under the influence of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham had asked Olmsted to join him for the meeting, aware that in New York the landscape architect’s reputation exerted a force like gravity, but Olmsted could not get away. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the density and gravity become sufficiently high, the black hole winks out and disappears from our universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, it has nothing at all to say about gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z All Newton himself ever said was that the idea of gravity came to him as he sat “in a contemplative mood” and “was occasioned by the fall of an apple.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the centre of gravity of the earth still coincides with the centre of the universe, but its geometrical centre does not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sailors crammed into the cargo hold like sardines, in order to lower the ship’s center of gravity. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Where anyone else would walk away, I’m pulled closer, drawn to the scene with a gravity I find hard to resist. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If you toss a rock upward, it will curve back down, pulled back by the earth’s gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After a drawn-out series of death throes—the precise sequence of events depends, again, on the mass of the star—the star’s fusion engine fails, and the star begins to collapse under its own gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Still he set himself to it, answering gravity, a man. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So I said, “Obviously, but why is there gravity?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We look at each other in the reflection of the glass, and I feel the gravity of him, pulling at me across the open space. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In this interpretation, which we owe to Einstein, gravity is a distortion in the fabric of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Spilled tea—or any other liquid— forms throbbing spherical globs in the air: the surface tension of the liquid overwhelms gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The process could not be atmospheric, since Io’s atmosphere has mostly escaped to space because of its low gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the rushing sound of seventy-five thousand voices and the tumbling motion of horses and the flight of wind and dirt and the airy unreal feeling of mass and gravity slipping away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had rigged up a sling for those without the Wraith’s particular gift for flouting gravity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Newton realized that, according to his theory of gravity, the stars should attract each other, so it seemed they could not remain essentially motionless. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She had climbed to the summit of Everest with Hall in 1993, and she entertained no illusions about the gravity of her husband’s predicament. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The old bus climbed slowly, and as the driver negotiated the gears, gas, and gravity, it felt as though at any moment it would roll backward. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Today you have shoes and you realize now that wearing shoes won’t stop gravity from holding things to the earth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They are obeying strict laws, rather like the laws of gravity or of planets in orbit, whereby some chords exert more power than others. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But gravity isn’t limited to celestial bodies, it applies to people, too. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In previous chapters I have described general relativity, the partial theory of gravity, and the partial theories that govern the weak, the strong, and the electromagnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can draw a cat!” the guy who’s afraid of gravity says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Stumps instead of proper legs meant I had a lower center of gravity. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There were lonely big slides and microscopically out of line desks and lunch tables that survived gravity shifts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But these are the laws our planet obeys as we ourselves, glued by gravity to the surface of the Earth, hurtle through interplanetary space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Miserere mei he repeatedly causes the flow of the music to come to rest on cadences, affirming its centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I’m more concerned conceptually with how to power such a colossal battle station and how to generate gravity for everyone on board. So you want to build a Death Star? Here’s how to get started 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Thankfully, those moments are not few, nor do they lack gravity — but neither do they accumulate into something more substantial. Rigberto González on Arundhati Roy's 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness': dazzling but imperfect 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Gilbert, who has a special affinity for Bruckner, was sensitive to the shifts of character and sound, as well as the blend of gravity and innocence in the music. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Memorial Day Concert 2013-05-28T20:23:42Z But there’s deadpan wit, too, as when Ms. Mering repeats the only line in the chorus, with funeral gravity: “Y-O-L-O, why?” The Playlist: David Bowie’s Unreleased Songs and a ‘Putin’ Satire 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But there’s not really much at stake for anyone in the play, which raises all manner of pointed questions but somehow still has little more gravity than an inflatable sex toy. ‘The Qualms,’ by Bruce Norris, at the Steppenwolf Theater 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Although their relaxed intimacy is apparent, her lightness and fluency contrast with his more grounded manner; his gravity, in every sense, is a crucial dimension of the work. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe in ?Biped? at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T22:49:13Z Some of the new tracks, like the high-tech Electrodome, let you defy gravity, so you’ll find your vehicle clinging to walls and ceilings. Review: Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart 8’ defies gravity 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z You see a vocabulary often related to ballet but with altered phraseology, more pronounced use of gravity and stronger use of the torso. Review: Stephen Petronio’s ‘Bloodlines’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Instead of establishing a new aesthetic center of gravity, maybe West was honoring the power of disorder. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Though a physical shop still exists, the center of gravity shifted to an online site with posters as the focus. Movie Posters are the Business of Mondo 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z A few leaps forward by Ms. Hullihan seem as shocking as a reversal of gravity. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson?s ?Devotion Study #1? at Whitney Museum 2012-03-07T00:05:18Z To construct one of these works, he places spiders inside a cube, waits for them to start spinning webs, then rotates the cube to change the orientation of gravity, similar to flipping an hourglass. Tomás Saraceno’s New Architectural Sculptures Are on View at Tanya Bonakdar 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Despite the embedded dramatic twist of who-did-what-to-whom, the movie’s most memorable drama is utterly impersonal—the effect of gravity loss on people in motion. In “Collateral Beauty” and “Passengers,” Two Tales of Gaslighting 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z "Not until later did I realize the gravity of what I'd been in," he says. Beethoven's Ninth closes out 2011 at SSO 2011-12-23T07:47:28Z "I think we both can see/ Our own gravity is keeping our orbits in place", he sings on the second track. Surfer Blood: Pythons – review 2013-06-28T12:30:02Z Standard physics says this path shouldn’t depend on the energy of the particles moving through spacetime, but in rainbow gravity, it does. In a “rainbow” universe, time may have no beginning 2013-12-10T07:15:00Z Often the songs lean on bland inspirational platitudes or mystical gobbledygook: “Feels like I’m floating, weightless in flight/Planets exploding, as a soul and gravity fight,” Ms. Nettles sings on the title track. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Perry, Hartley and Chanel DaSilva are a marvel as they lob and lift one another in turn, flinging their center of gravity around like it's coming out of a slingshot. Review: Trey McIntyre Project is physical and precise; witty and intricate 2010-03-19T16:44:00Z The way humans’ relationship with their microbes is affected by gravity is true for squids, too, and Foster is using squids to better understand what is going on with humans, according to McFall-Ngai. NASA sends squid from Hawaii into space for research 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The place feels like a living, breathing being, with various catacombs and vaults and catwalks that disobey the laws of gravity. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Hogenson said that the film needed this juxtaposition between its visual approach and the gravity of its subject matter. Life with Cancer in “Dani” 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Watching these dancers was like watching the greatest ballet virtuosos, each fighting gravity and the appearance of effort, and demanding and getting the impossible from the human body. Dance Review: At BAM, DanceAfrica?s Links Between Traditional and Modern 2010-05-30T21:33:00Z But Janssens’ description of the Ebola outbreak was even more alarming, and he warned that the governments affected had not recognized the gravity of the situation. Doctors Without Borders: Ebola ‘out of control’ in W. Africa 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z He said that he hangs upside down while wearing gravity boots. AUDIO: Is writer's block just 'old nonsense'? 2013-05-14T09:25:33Z She walks away with dignity and he is a deluded, pathetic man never able to grasp the gravity of his deplorable actions. “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” central love story illustrates the pitfalls of interracial dating 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z But the lack of color adds an implicit gravity to Mr. Pils’s peregrinations that slows you down, while also making his shifts in techniques and materials especially clear. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “Sea-level rise is one of the central facts of our time, as real as gravity,” Goodell writes. Not if the Seas Rise, but When and How High 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “We are mortal,” Mr. Petronio said, “and death, like gravity, steals the show.” Review: Stephen Petronio Company Revives ‘Glacial Decoy,’ With Its Supple Sylphs 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Some of Prince's friends and family have taken the time and think they understand the gravity quite well. What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Commercial cinema has just kind of lost its sense of gravity, I think. Film: Bill Forsyth to Discuss ?Housekeeping? at Film Forum 2010-04-14T21:46:00Z The new Mrs. Lauder has chosen the upstairs as her and her husband’s center of gravity. Beginning Again: The Love Story of Leonard Lauder and Judy Glickman 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z “Spending weeks together in a hospital room brought us closer together, despite the seriousness and gravity of the situation,” Ms. Chyun said. A Near-Death Experience Led Them to the Altar 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z This “Ado” is a beautifully muscular and no-frills effort that illuminates the wit and gravity of Shakespeare’s merry, philosophical tale of two courtships. Theater Review: A No-Frills ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at the Public 2013-12-06T23:01:25Z The film’s center of moral gravity is ordinary soldiers, whose sacrifice and loyalty to one another are repeatedly contrasted with the political machinations of the powerful, on both sides. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Tackle the Vietnam War 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z There are still ideas to test, from Einstein’s gravity waves—travelling ripples that stretch and squash space itself—to the radiation that Stephen Hawking predicted when he suggested “black holes ain’t so black”. Black and light 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The repetitiveness of work, Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill, the inexorable reality of gravity’s pull, the futility and heroism of it all — these interpretations might come to mind watching “Slant Board.” Dance Review: An Uphill Battle, All in the Name of Art 2011-04-15T23:02:56Z Flying up in the sky, that’s not interesting, but to be half an inch off the ground, which is just as big a breach of the law of gravity — it’s funnier. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “Everybody needs a center of gravity. Somewhere to feel safe.” Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z If you want all the mayhem of the House of Lannister in low gravity, this is the series for you. Review | A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z When Bullock says that keeping her lunch down in zero gravity is no easy feat, it is hard not to sympathize as the rolling movements of the camera recall the nausea-inducing swell of the ocean. 'Gravity' Oscar buzz showcases UK visual effects industry 2014-01-31T11:11:56Z At an early stage, the laws of gravity intervene. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Lindholm said that when the gravity of the material can start to overwhelm him, he thinks back to the advice he received from his wife some months ago. With ‘The Good Nurse,’ a Director Takes on a Serial Killer and a System 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z These are perfectly ordinary people who get dragged down by the force of that "great, unspecified gravity" and, still gamely in pursuit of "normality", turn to desperate measures to solve the difficulties of their lives. Canada by Richard Ford - review 2012-05-25T09:00:01Z "It's going to be a bit different from what we've seen over recent years. A bit more gravity," he said. Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi promises 'no flirting' with sidekick in new series 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z You can watch “Watergate” relishing the craziness of a bygone era and marveling at the styles of elocution, barbering and haberdashery that prevailed in that mad time, but the gravity of the tale is inescapable. Review: ‘Watergate’ Shocks Anew With Its True Tale of Political Scandal 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z After the hit job against Kevin fails, an unusual gravity lowers on the sitcom portion. Welcome to His World. And Hers. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z References to gang culture and Catholic iconography among this set also transformed tattooing, adding gravity and sorrow to an art form previously defined by lightness and comedy. A Tragedy in the Tattoo Parlor 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Here was a celebrity large enough to alter the gravity in the lobby. The Most Famous Dog in the World on Instagram 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z And Hollywood is rapidly losing its geographical and imaginative pride of place as the global center of cultural gravity splits and shifts. The Oscars Are a Mess. Let’s Make Them Messier. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z And that’s because newspapers don’t report that the Hudson River was flowing today and the laws of gravity were still in place. The World’s Great Photographers, Now Insiders, Are Posting Quarantine Pics 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The formal repetition of the two establishes a conceptual dichotomy, while the scale asserts its gravity. Is that a laugh? A cry? In Ben Jackel's sculpture, messages molded by deft hands 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Struggles over private identity can function allegorically in the superhero universe, where realism doesn't ruthlessly exert its gravity. Cloclo sends its cultural superhero on the same old personal journey 2012-06-20T13:11:52Z Those were glib entertainments improved by their star’s natural gravity. Movie Review: Liam Neeson in Joe Carnahan?s Thriller ?The Grey? 2012-01-26T22:19:02Z So much more reasonable than our own ridiculous Roundworld, which is the wrong shape for starters: were it not for a transparent fudge called "gravity", people on the underside would fall off. Why I'm going to the Discworld convention 2010-08-26T11:20:00Z The dichotomy between the lightness of playing and the gravity of existence may be Mr. Rivette’s great theme. | 'Around a Small Mountain': A Village Circus From Jacques Rivette 2010-07-08T21:39:00Z The human capacity to harm other humans is as inexhaustible as gravity but not as inevitable. Variations on a Lead 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Caleb McLaughlin, who plays the cautious Lucas, introduces himself to the Duffers’ parents by telling them with some gravity, “I’m fans of you guys as well.” Stories from the Set of Stranger Things, the TV Escape We Need Right Now 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “As it gets closer it starts to affect gravity, to affect time. Musically things pull apart. Microtones start to creep in. The harmonic rhythm gets slower.” ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Wright, a 37-year-old from Georgia whose husky alto projects regal female power and gospel gravity, made a splash with her first album, “Salt,” in 2003. Catch these jazz shows in June 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z “Conservation” feels twice as difficult because I’m going against gravity. What Do Two Fires Have In Common? It Comes Down to Guts. 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The softness and the levity in his falsetto used to make his songs feel resistant to gravity. Perspective | Every Michael Jackson song sounds different today 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The hacking and impalement of ancient combat still yield gore that defies gravity and invites our delectation in the obligatory money-shot slow-motion. Movie Review: In ‘300: Rise of an Empire,’ Greeks Under Siege Again 2014-03-07T01:38:02Z Samsonite widened its handle system and lowered the bag’s center of gravity for extra maneuverability. Uptick in popularity of hard-sided luggage suggests hard truths about traveling 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He brought the same gravity to each role. How David Warner stole “Time Bandits” from the thieves 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z On Thursday the festival — presented by the New Victory, the French Institute Alliance Française, Institut Français and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy — opened another production that toys with gravity: “Fragile.” Spare Times for Children for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:27:06Z GAL: “Get a life” and a galileo, a unit used measuring local variations in the acceleration of gravity: For some reason, whenever I start talking about the latter, I hear the former. Style Invitational Week 1108: Hearts of dorkness — your funny valentine 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z But if we’re going to acknowledge even the slightest possibility of being wrong about gravity, we’re pretty much giving up on the possibility of being right about anything at all. Moby Dick and gravity: how our understanding of truth evolves 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Today, the media’s center of gravity has shifted to Twitter, a great democratizer or a pernicious evil, depending on whom you ask and, probably, when you were born. Katie Roiphe Puts Her Romantic History Under a Microscope 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Sometimes I only skidded down a few steps – gravity problems, I used to joke – and then a few times I sailed to the bottom like a rag doll. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z After a lifetime of being goofy, it's small wonder that Steve Martin wants to do gravity once in a while. Does Steve Martin have to be funny 24/7? 2010-12-09T13:22:00Z It is a performance that has the same life-or-death gravity Mr. Shannon brought to the role of a man driven half-mad by apocalyptic portents in “Take Shelter.” Movie Review: ‘The Iceman,’ With Michael Shannon as Richard Kuklinski 2013-05-02T22:01:34Z The picturesque world they inhabit is a distorted mirror of our own, where people routinely defy gravity and have odd physical characteristics. ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Review: Stealing Inspiration From Great Art 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z On Sunday, she posted a photo of herself on Twitter, sipping from a cup designed for use in zero gravity. Astronauts get a taste of home 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The gravity of the course of action is illustrated by a single tear down his cheek when a suburban babysitting session goes wrong. Doctor Who recap: The Name of the Doctor – series 33, episode 13 2013-05-18T18:45:00Z This is a real Olympic run where you’re subjected to up to five times the force of gravity. AWAY IS HOME | When your itinerary goes sideways, have a backup plan 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It’s as if this house had been invaded by an unfamiliar sort of gravity, a sense that life can be heavy and consequential in ways good suburban mommies and daddies only dimly understand. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z He spoke in 2015 of his return to Schubert, whose music he now approaches with greater gravity and depth. Review: Two Concerts Explore Schubert, Before He Took His Leave 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Plants would soon be sending their stems upward, and a long list of them would succumb to gravity without a human assist. Trellises and other supports that blend into the garden — and sometimes shine 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z But first of all we need to understand the gravity and the complexity of the problem and for that, this is the right book. The Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Wants You to Read More Women 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “Citizen Kane” may transcend the newspaper genre, but it also fulfills its implicit promise both by dwelling on the details of the journalistic enterprise and by allowing that enterprise to attain Shakespearean gravity and complexity. Film: The Newspaper Picture: A Genre Explored at Film Forum 2010-04-08T21:41:00Z And yet, this week, did we see this weighty subplot leavened with a little melodrama, before its gravity took the whole show with it? ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: A Warning From Mr. Bates 2014-01-27T03:00:44Z It seems to challenge the laws not just of conventional geometry, but of gravity itself. Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House 2011-02-28T21:30:00Z Another landmark novel shunned by the Man Booker judges because it lacked, well, gravity. Graham Joyce's top 10 fairy fictions 2012-06-27T12:57:57Z Those unearthed pieces, including Prince’s handwritten song lyrics, photos captioned by the singer, personal mementos and an early treatment of the “Purple Rain” script, serve as the book’s heavy, heartbreaking center of gravity. Review | ‘The Beautiful Ones’ isn’t the memoir Prince envisioned, but it’s a moving look at the singer’s life 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The laws of gravity almost — but don’t quite — apply. In Charlie Kaufman’s Novel, a Comic Hero Is Haunted by a Lost Film 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The Danish performance artist Bas Jan Ader compared the gravity that compelled him to fall from the roof of his house in one film to the “extreme grief” that compelled him to cry in another. ‘The Crying Book’ Follows the Many Tracks of Our Tears 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The austerity of the landscape lends a gravity to the human drama that American malls and suburban cul-de-sacs cannot. Hollywood Goes to Sweden 2010-02-18T17:04:00Z Mr. Cooper brings a quiet gravity to his performance as Stephen. | ?Lost in the Stars?: Pursuing a Prodigal Son, Who?s Strayed to the City 2011-02-04T23:55:30Z Once a listener became familiar with the verse, she or he was likely to pause and reflect on the unusual gravity: just twenty-two. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The practical stunt work on Game of Thrones has lent the show real gravity, creating a sense of physical space that visual effects still cannot quite credibly convey. How 'Game of Thrones' Sets Actors on Fire Without Killing Them 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The programming, though uneven, had a strong center of gravity, a spirit of communion between the band and its fans. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z OLYPHANT: I had one more setup left, and the gravity of the moment definitely snuck up on me. They Dug Coal Together: Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins Look Back on 'Justified' 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z A scene where she gets her hair cut and then head shaved in preparation for chemotherapy is particularly moving, as the gravity of the situation hits her while the cameras are rolling. “Always be a fighter”: Sharon Jones reflects on her music, her health and her new documentary 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z His stool threatens to tip over on more than one occasion, as gravity remains the only force holding him down. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z And the tone, a kind of perky gravity that sits well on the early-20th-century British gentry, is a more awkward fit in a story set in the midst of a war over slavery. Review: ‘Mercy Street,’ a Civil War Hospital Drama on PBS 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z This is the joyous free-fall in reverse, an ascent that demands deliberate hard work, fighting water and gravity to make the wide sky visible again, and the next jump possible. Poem of the week: Pier by Vona Groarke 2010-08-30T10:24:00Z He’s here to lend some kind of gravity, to cut Meek Mill’s revving engine with a jolt of cut-rate solemnity. The Playlist: Lost (and Found) John Coltrane, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z This is the last movie completed by Mr. Hoffman, who died in February, which invests it with a gravity that could easily have overwhelmed a less practiced director. ‘A Most Wanted Man,’ With Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Before the gravity of this crisis seeped in across America, interviewers were still cracking jokes with her about how “at least everybody’s indoors watching Netflix,” she said. Meet Taylor Tomlinson, your favorite quarantine-watch, who can’t wait to get out of her 20s (and her apartment) 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z I froze, suddenly aware of the gravity of the situation. Experience: I talked a man down from a bridge 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z My favourite bit of the book was when Jack activated the gravity pull on his secret agent watch so the breathing device he needed flew to his hand. Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: The Hunt for the Yeti Skull: Nepal by Elizabeth Singer Hunt - review 2013-04-29T11:00:00Z It’s her way of saying, ‘I understand the gravity of what I am doing.’ Operatic Codependency? We Put Wagner on the Couch 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The first inclination for most people on a paddleboard is to stay on their knees, where your center of gravity is lower. Get out and up on the water with stand-up paddleboarding 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The portraits took on added gravity in the next year, as rioting by youths pointing to police abuse and inequality spread from Clichy, and JR’s pasted pictures became the background to burning cars. JR’s Street Gallery Comes Indoors 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z After all, as gravity works its inexorable forces, there is nowhere to go but down. What’s the Deal With That Guy’s Fluffy Hair? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Her collections are inspired by such monoliths as hair and gravity. Why we're watching… Phoebe English 2013-05-30T14:59:01Z Kay and her husband, Arnold, played by Jones with hunched shoulders and understated gravity, are solid middle-class citizens, neither rich nor poor. Pick of the week: Couples therapy with Meryl and Tommy Lee 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z This means that gravity becomes your personal propulsion system. Video Game Review: Physics, With Wormholes by You 2011-05-10T16:13:25Z Still, he brings gravity and elegance, as well as impeccable diction, to Sarastro. Opera Review: Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2013-12-17T22:44:44Z That sense of calm is a big reason people use flotation tanks, says Zeiger, who refers to flotation as a “mini retreat” that gives you a rest from “gravity and outside sensory input”. Suffer from anxiety? Try a sensory deprivation tank 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes artists are overdefined by a single work, event or statement, which functions like a gravity bomb, making everything else seem a mere satellite to a single data point. Review | Artist Lynda Benglis became controversial in an instant, but her career has thrived for decades 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z “I didn’t realize how common it was, the gravity of women being incarcerated for defending themselves or their children,” Pattillo said. A Film Tries to Make a Difference for Domestic Violence Survivors 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z But the god of El Faro never quite grasped the gravity of the situation. A Disaster at Sea, Animated by 26 Hours of Black-Box Recordings 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z "Despite the title, he is a hero who just keeps on defying gravity." Skyfall breaks James Bond box-office record 2012-10-29T18:47:18Z The interviewer gives every indication that Neeson is conscious of the gravity of what he is saying. Liam Neeson: After a friend was raped, I wanted to kill a black man 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s a tricky question because almost all exercises — lifting weights, running, jumping — make the body stronger because the body is fighting against gravity. Perspective | For space travelers, fitness is a top priority 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z While the novel circles its characters’ internal dramas, we’re drawn on by the immense gravity of events on the global stage. Review | A role for art in times of turmoil? ‘A Play for the End of the World’ gives no easy answers. 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The requirement for oscillation in vibrating strings should resonate with our emerging understanding of the role of oscillation in brain function and also with what was said above about gravity waves. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z I only had to show them a fuzzy video clip of an owl on a skateboard, bake a lopsided Pikachu cake, or expound, sketchily, on gravity or the Vikings to be lauded a hero. Why your teenager thinks you’re an idiot 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z There is nothing wrong with that kind of line — he’s a newly fledged ultravillain in a comic-book movie, after all — but it needs to be earned, with gravity or wit. Review: ‘Fantastic Four,’ the Reboot (Wanted or Not) 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In short, despite their larger-than-life auras, astronauts are all too human, and thus spectacularly unsuited for traveling in zero gravity. 'Packing for Mars': Mary Roach's take on life in the void 2010-08-11T23:14:00Z Collectively, their voices are shifting the center of gravity for America’s culinary media westward. Soleil Ho is a young, queer woman of color who wants to redefine food criticism 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As in many of the greatest Golden Age musicals, they latch onto a subject of topical importance, using its gravity to anchor their satire and their satire to leaven its earnestness. ‘The Prom’ Review: Bringing Jazz Hands to the Heartland 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z This cinema, which is called the Empire, is more than a mere setting: it’s the movie’s center of gravity, its soul, its governing metaphor and reason for being. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z It's one reason I am such a fan of Elizabeth Olsen and Carey Mulligan, who both have wonderfully low vocal registers, allowing them to project a gravity beyond their years. Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek villain speaks with the voice of reason 2013-05-15T18:44:34Z You get to defy gravity, seconds at a time. Laurence Fishburne Cools Down With Classic Jazz and Cashmere Blankets 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Along with its struggle against gravity, and its own demise.” | Carmen Almon, The Naturalist 2013-08-21T19:11:13Z Radically self-contained, Salander is never more herself than when she’s alone, working on mathematical problems such as “loop quantum gravity theory.” Lisbeth Salander is back in ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Obviously I like it a lot and it holds some gravity for me. We Asked Some Musicians to Pick Their Favorite Songs of All-Time 2011-10-26T13:25:58Z The bedrock underlying the field runs downhill, and you can try to cover up bedrock all you want with concrete or whatever, but water will follow gravity. When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Its center of gravity, however, is unquestionably Niki, whose suffering is all but invisible to everyone around him. Movie Review: ?Niki and Flo,? a Film by Lucian Pintilie 2012-03-01T00:25:38Z Last year’s ceremony, which was set to take place in March just as the gravity of the pandemic became clear, was canceled, and the winners were celebrated during a virtual ceremony in January. National Book Critics Circle Names 2020 Award Winners 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But it never fully succeeds, and this gives the stuffed creature a primal, spooky gravity—an aura of emptiness so staggering that the onlooker feels at risk. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z While the goal is to consume your attention — exerting a pull heavier than gravity, as a metal band might — Weiss also seems aimed at organizing your thoughts, not overwhelming you. Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s Wholesome Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Partly inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Tsiolkovsky imagined the space elevator and other ways for man to escape the earth's gravity. Konstantin by Tom Bullough – review 2013-02-15T17:28:01Z “For a fisherman, the only virtues are patience, tolerance and humility,” he intones with a priestly gravity. Movie Review: ?Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,? With Ewan McGregor 2012-03-08T23:10:43Z |
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