There were two fundamental difficulties with Newton's view that he was aware of, ;action at a distance' and equality of gravitational and inertial mass. The first was actually dealt with, mathematically at least, in Euler and Laplace theory of gravitational potential. For the second, Einstein's equivalence principle, that acceleration and action of gravitational field are indistinguishable, was probably the first explanation. 'Malleable' space-time provided the 'mechanism' for action at a distance. It may be said that together the two notions add up to the general relativity theory.
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There were two fundamental difficulties with Newton's view that he was aware of, ;action at a distance' and equality of gravitational and inertial mass. The first was actually dealt with, mathematically at least, in Euler and Laplace theory of gravitational potential. For the second, Einstein's equivalence principle, that acceleration and action of gravitational field are indistinguishable, was probably the first explanation. 'Malleable' space-time provided the 'mechanism' for action at a distance. It may be said that together the two notions add up to the general relativity theory.
Merry Christmas, Happy New year to you and your family and everyone
At 3:34 the Solar System has 9 planets!
Wow I didn't know that GR came out 7 YEARS after special relativity
Paul's new book is out now! "Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence": https://amzn.to/2A3tc2c
Paul M. Sutter's channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBr7XOxxQyBHEwqkhoci7vw
And our full episode with him is here:
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