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General Relativity, 3, David Peak
General Relativity, 3, David Peak
General Relativity
Gravity as geometry: part II
Even in a region of space-time that is so small that tidal effects cannot be detected, gravity still seems to produce curvature. The argument for this point of view starts with the recognition that, for mechanical systems, it is impossible to distinguish a frame of reference with a uniform gravitational field from a uniformly accelerating frame that has no gravity. Thus, for example, in a (small) rocket ship with no windows it is not possible to determine whether the weight one reads standing on a scale at the tail of the rocket is due to …