In April, the Department of Physics’ Claudia de Rham published her book, The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity through Princeton University Press.
A diver, a pilot, an astronaut candidate, and now a physicist at the frontiers of gravitational physics, de Rham found hints of a hidden side to gravity at the particle level where Albert Einstein’s theory breaks down, leading her to develop a new theory of “massive gravity.” In the book, de Rham shares captivating stories about her quest to understand both gravity’s feeling and fundamental nature.