theory of gravity

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• Even in the simpler Newtonian theory of gravity, one can solve the equations exactly only in the case of two particles.
• We treat the theory of gravity as solid because of the strong relationship it bears to large numbers of relevant facts. The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics
• The same theory of gravity that required the sun to be at the center of the solar system also ruled out Copernican epicycles. Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Common Sense
• The phenomenon, however, subsequently provided important evidence for Newton's theory of gravity when d'Alembert in 1749 carried out a successful derivation based on rigid body motion and a correct value of the Moon's force derived from the then recently discovered phenomenon of the nutation of the Earth. Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• But the ultimate theory of gravity should explain why the universe is four-dimensional and how those dimensions arose, say researchers trying to unify the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity.
• One has to use a quantum theory of gravity to understand how the universe began.
• However, as you say, GR is really the best theory of gravity that we have (and something that would really surprise me to see change). Experiments in Non-Relativistic Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)
• In many ways, the later years of a marriage are like Newton's theory of gravity, which says that two vessels becalmed and alone on the wide ocean will ineluctably drift together.
• So one has to use a quantum theory of gravity to discuss the very early stages of the universe.
• A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein's groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a 'simple' theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century. Archive 2006-02-12