Spaces without and within.

However, the obviousness of gravitational attraction hides the underlying assumptions embedded in the force model of gravity. RUNNER-UP Writers' Award XXXI: Space "I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no l...

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Publicado en:New Philosopher no. 33; pp. 121 - 124
Autor principal: Kersting, Magdalena
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Publicado: New Philosopher Aug-Oct2021
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Sumario:However, the obviousness of gravitational attraction hides the underlying assumptions embedded in the force model of gravity. RUNNER-UP Writers' Award XXXI: Space "I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia", exclaimed Ptolemy in the second century CE. It took the intellectual prowess of Albert Einstein to rectify that error and link the physics of gravity to the curved geometry of our universe.