On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 10:43:27 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 12/10/2017 8:49 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > What is the connection between the Equivalence Principle and Einstein's > Field Equations? > > > It led to the idea that force-free paths in space could be geodesic paths > in spacetime, so the apparent acceleration falling objects could be > modelled by geodesic paths in curved spacetime. >
*Insofar as acceleration results / causes curved paths in space-time, as seen by a simple space-time diagram, one can invoke the EP to link acceleration to gravity -- but we already knew that! So what gave Einstein the idea that gravity warps space-time? AG * > > How did the former lead to the latter? Why was the man falling from the > ladder so decisive in leading to the Theory of General Relativity? TIA, AG > > > You have asked for a "connection" and then you imply that one "led to" GR > and finally predicated a question on the "connection" being "decisive" in > leading to GR. The "connection" is just one of suggesting an idea. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
