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Gravity is
a force by
which a
planet or other body
draw objects towards
its centre.
GRAVITY OF EARTH
1. Gravity of
earth is
9.807m/s^2
2. In 1987 SIR ISAAC
NEWTON quote
about gravity of
earth after a
incidence of
falling apple.
3. In 1904 ALBERT
EINSTEIN gives the
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special theory of
relativity and
General theory
of relativity.
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In his theory he
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A super-quick, super-
painless guide to the
theory that conquered
the universe.
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But Albert Einstein
asked himself ...
What happens
if I step off a
roof?
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while i’m freefalling i
feel weightless. i don’t
feel any force, even as
I accelerate toward
the ground!
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Einstein had landed
inside a paradox. An
object that feels no
force should travel
at a constant speed.
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But
something accelera
tingbecause of
gravity feels no
force. Einstein
realized that if he
resolved the
paradox, he might
explain the origins
of gravity.
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The solution:
gravity is
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Einstein realized that
Massive things like
Earth warp spacetime.
A freefalling object
then follows
the straightest
possible path in
spacetime. So—even
though that path
doesn’t look straight
to us—the object
experiences no force.
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“it works roughly
like this. Follow me
back to the roof. If
we turn off gravity,
I just float—tracing
a straight line in
this diagram.”
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“now turn gravity
back on. earth’s
mass warps
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spacetime so that
time on the ground
ticks slower than
time on the roof.”
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We have to stretch
out the time axis
nearer to the
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ground, so the
diagram curves. Now
a straight line
takes me from the
roof to the ground!
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that insight into a
quantitative theory.
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and energy warps
spacetime.
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today, einstein’s
general relativity
remains scientists’ best
understanding of
gravity and a key to
our understanding of
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the cosmos on the
grandest scale.
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Learn more at
www.sciencemag.org
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