Reply to: Is gravity a force?

[scooterscot]

Interesting comments. I'm of the opinion that gravity is the sum of other things, which we call a force.

I push a ball from a standstill. The ball moves. We don't call this a force however, rather acceleration.

The same thing is happening with a mass following the curvature of spacetime, it's accelerating.

It makes you wonder about the other fundamental forces.

[vetran]

its an ok movie

[Bee]

Imagine that you are in a balcony and you jump

Force = G (gravity) [m1(floor) m2(you)] / r2(distance between you and the floor)

[darmstadt]

Its a force of nature. If it wasn't for gravity you'd have brown and yellow ceilings...

[AtW]

Is gravity force for good or not?

That's the real question ...

[northernladuk]

Magnetism is a bit more interesting.

I'll take your word for that :

[NotAllThere]

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But how all these different theories reconcile IS where you need to be a proper physicist who understands the maths, I reckon.

I asked one. He said gravity is a force that can be modelled by treating it as a curvature of spacetime.

[WTFH]

Is gravity a force?

Gravity is a force which acts between two objects.

Magnetism is a bit more interesting.

[Troll]

Heard on the radio there is an imminent announcement due confirming the detection of "gravity waves"

[NickFitz]

Maybe we've got it the wrong way round, and gravity is a repulsive force from the rest of the universe pushing us down?

[barrydidit]

Gravity sucks

[BrilloPad]

Objects are forced towards large objects. Like MF.

[OwlHoot]

Relevant Physics Stack Exchange thread

[SlipTheJab]

Mass tells space how to curve, and space tells mass how to move.

According to GR

HTH

As in 'move your mass-ive ar$e MF I need some space' HTH

[OwlHoot]

Mass tells space how to curve, and space tells mass how to move.

According to GR

HTH