In this paper, in historical order, all the most important paradigms and theories of gravity in the history of physics are described and analyzed with references to the physical concepts that preceded them. Since progress in physics is not possible without observation, measurement, and experimentation, such crucial aspects of each of the paradigms and theories of gravity are also described. The atomistic, Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, Keplerian, Newtonian, and Einsteinian paradigms of gravity are described in turn. Special emphasis is placed on Newton's theory of gravity and Einstein's theory of gravity. Following the Einstein paradigm, the eorts of physicists to create an alternative theory of gravity are described, as well as the connection between the theory of gravity and the "theory of everything". In the context of gravity, the origins of the rst models of the universe, Hubble's discovery of the expansion of the universe, the big bang theory, active galactic nuclei, gravitational waves, as well as dark matter and dark energy are described.