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Topic: Gravity as Actual Field versus Geometry
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Re: Gravity as Actual Field versus Geometry
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 8:45 PM
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On Feb 27, 5:33 pm, xxein <xx...@att.net> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 7:36 am, Joe Wisherman <joewisher...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > If one won't use General Relativity. What makes light bend around the
> > sun since light doesn't have mass.
>
> xxein:  But light does bend around mass.  That doesn't mean that GR
> (geometry) controls this function.

Light bends in the space geometry surrounding mass.
The curve of space achieves the job not the mass.
GR does control it.

Please show how mass does it if the curved geometry extends beyond it
for light or matter...

Mitchell Raemsch

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