physics, Nordström's theory of gravitation was a predecessor of general relativity. Strictly speaking, there were actually two distinct theories proposed...
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relativistic (classical) field theory of gravitation were also scalar theories. Gunnar Nordström created two such theories. Nordström's first idea (1912) was to...
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Gravity (redirect from Theory of gravitation)
perihelia. Nordström's theory of gravitation (1912, 1913), an early competitor of general relativity. Kaluza–Klein theory (1921) Whitehead's theory of gravitation...
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Gunnar Nordström (12 March 1881 – 24 December 1923) was a Finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early...
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of universal gravitation says that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the product of their...
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Pioneers of gravitational theory In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass. There...
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General relativity (redirect from General theory of relativity)
also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein...
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Alternatives to general relativity (redirect from Classical theory of gravitation)
a tensor theory, the equations all contain tensors. Nordström's theories, on the other hand, are scalar theories because the gravitational field is a...
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Quantum gravity (redirect from Quantum gravitation)
gravity, all of which signal the collapse of the general theory of relativity at different scales and highlight the need for a gravitational theory that goes...
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phenomena such as neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. Albert Einstein published the theory of special relativity in 1905, building on many...
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