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“Riordon strikes the perfect balance between personal anecdote and scientific insight in this eminently readable rumination on the many ways gravity impacts both our daily lives and our universe.”—Jennifer Ouellette, author of The Calculus Diaries “A fascinating exploration, packed with surprising insights and eye-opening explanations of cutting-edge physics. Riordon shows how gravity is at the heart of some of the biggest puzzles in the universe, and how understanding it could point us toward a deeper understanding of everything.”—Clara Moskowitz, senior editor at Scientific American

James Riordon is a writer with the Earth Science News Team at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center. A former president of the DC Science Writers Association and the cofounder of the Southwest Science Writers Association, he has written for Science News, New Scientist, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Physics Today, and Quanta Magazine, and is a coauthor of Ghost Particle (MIT Press).