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Old October 9th 03 posted to sci.physics
Robert J. Kolker
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Default Is There a Force of Gravity?



Egalliv09 wrote:

aptitude which allows an individual to play a violin in Carnegie Hall. It is no
wonder that physicists work so hard to relegate the idea of "mechanism" to the
trash bin of history. It avoids the embarrassment of admitting that they do not
understand their subject.


The understanding of gravity consists is predicting motions in a
gravitational field. No one knows what "causes" gravity. Newton did not,
Einstein did not. However both predicted motions in a grav field with
some degree of accuracy.

Bob Kolker


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