Books by Richard Panek
“He’s a great writer, and that’s one of the reasons I love it. It is so beautifully written. It’s the way I imagine a poet talks about gravity. The interesting thing is that, while it purports to investigate gravity, a lot of Panek’s book uses gravity as a lens to look at society. He talks about personal interactions where people are interpreting gravity for theological and philosophical reasons. So when Panek asks the question, ‘What is gravity?’ it’s almost like asking ‘What does our view of gravity say about us?'” Read more...
James Riordon, Science Writer
Interviews where books by Richard Panek were recommended
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.
