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Gravity, why?

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From: Chris Claborne
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:52
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I am looking a book or books that will explain gravity for the lay person.
I want to know why an object with a large mass (like the earch) pulls at 
everythng arround it (light, me, my computer).  What is it that is causing
the pull?  How can we have gravity waves?

Your help would be appreciated.

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From: claborne@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Chris Claborne)
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Subject: Gravity, why?
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Date: 12 Nov 92 05:52:37 GMT
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