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  2. History of gravitational theory - Wikipedia

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    The 12th-century scholar Al-Khazini suggested that the gravity an object contains varies depending on its distance from the centre of the universe (referring to the centre of the Earth). Al-Biruni and Al-Khazini studied the theory of the centre of gravity, and generalized and applied it to three-dimensional bodies.

  3. Gravity - Wikipedia

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    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight' [1]) is a fundamental interaction primarily observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass.Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 10 38 times weaker than the strong interaction, 10 36 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 10 29 times weaker than the weak interaction.

  4. Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity - Wikipedia

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    [249] [250] LIGO-VIRGO and Fermi constrain the difference between the speed of gravity and the speed of light in vacuum to 10 −15. [251] This marks the first time electromagnetic and gravitational waves are detected from a single source, [ 252 ] [ 253 ] and give direct evidence that some (short) gamma-ray bursts are due to colliding neutron ...

  5. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    In all other cases, he used the phenomenon of motion to explain the origin of various forces acting on bodies, but in the case of gravity, he was unable to experimentally identify the motion that produces the force of gravity (although he invented two mechanical hypotheses in 1675 and 1717). Moreover, he refused to even offer a hypothesis as to ...

  6. History of general relativity - Wikipedia

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    General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915. According to general relativity, the observed gravitational attraction between masses results from the warping of space and time by those masses.

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  9. 50 Years Later, 'Gravity's Rainbow' Finally Came True - AOL

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    In the 50 years since the publication of Gravity’s Rainbow, the World Trade Center collapsed in the attack on 9/11, the cell phone went from useful utility to addictive, life-sucking force, and ...