Books by James Riordon
James Riordon is a journalist who covers physics, math, astronomy, chemistry, and Earth science. His articles have appeared in Science News Magazine, Quanta Magazine, Scientific American, New Scientist, and the Washington Post, among other publications. He is currently a senior science writer with NASA’s Earth Science News team. In addition to authoring Crush: Close Encounters with Gravity, James is coauthor of Ghost Particle: In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino.
Interviews with James Riordon
The best books on Gravity, recommended by James Riordon
Since the 17th century, we’ve been aware that the force that causes apples to fall from a tree is the same force that holds the planets in the sky, but we still don’t know everything there is to know about gravity, says James Riordon, a science writer at NASA and author of Crush: Close Encounters with Gravity. He picks his favourite books on gravity—from the equations you need to understand it to a funny book about what it’s like to live without it.
