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Where Does Gravity Come From?
universetoday.com ^ | December 5, 2013 | Nancy Atkinson on

Posted on 12/05/2013 5:18:10 PM PST by BenLurkin

The problem is that our understanding of both particle physics and the geometry of gravity is incomplete.

“Having gone from basically philosophical understandings of why things fall to mathematical descriptions of how things accelerate down inclines from Galileo, to Kepler’s equations describing planetary motion to Newton’s formulation of the Laws of Physics, to Einstein’s formulations of relativity, we’ve been building and building a more comprehensive view of gravity. But we’re still not complete,” said Dr. Pamela Gay. “We know that there still needs to be some way to unite quantum mechanics and gravity and actually be able to write down equations that describe the centers of black holes and the earliest moments of the Universe. But we’re not there yet.”

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: stringtheory
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To: xp38

lol


41 posted on 12/05/2013 7:37:45 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: BenLurkin

Oreo cookies. I eat a couple of Oreo cookies and pretty soon, gravity has increased on my scale.


42 posted on 12/05/2013 7:45:44 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

You and me both.


43 posted on 12/05/2013 7:46:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

We have gravity because the earth sucks.


44 posted on 12/05/2013 7:51:52 PM PST by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: dr_lew

dr_lew I appreciate your reply, but it just reminds me that I dropped out of HS because I COULD NOT understand trigonometry!


45 posted on 12/05/2013 7:51:55 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Cboldt

The world sucks ‘cuz the wind blows.


46 posted on 12/05/2013 8:01:44 PM PST by jmacusa (I don't think so, but I doubt it.)
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To: TomServo

When I was a kid in Catholic school I thought ‘’sanctifying grace’’ was gravy.


47 posted on 12/05/2013 8:03:42 PM PST by jmacusa (I don't think so, but I doubt it.)
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To: BenLurkin

48 posted on 12/05/2013 8:06:38 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: BenLurkin

My early ‘60s UBC physics prof Friedrich Kempfer, was a leading adherent of the graviton theory - gravity particles.

I remain agnostic.


49 posted on 12/05/2013 8:08:04 PM PST by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: GeronL

nope. The devil is a woman.


50 posted on 12/05/2013 8:47:56 PM PST by RC one
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To: JoeProBono

51 posted on 12/05/2013 9:06:05 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: RC one

Yep, that matches my experience alright.

The confirmation is just for fun. ;)


52 posted on 12/05/2013 9:26:40 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: BenLurkin

If I knew that, I’d take my Nobel Prize in physics and put it up on the shelf in my spacious corner office at Cal Tech.


53 posted on 12/06/2013 1:06:38 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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