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Warping of space by gravity

One of the misconceptions of the theory of general relativity is that it predicts a warping of space and time by gravity. In fact it is actually the other way around: According to general relativity, gravity is the deformation of the four dimensional space-time fabric imposed by any mass.

07-10-2008 09:35:13
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