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Article #16173Re: Why does light bend under gravity?
From: BradGuth
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:01
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:01
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On Mar 27, 10:33 am, critico <pierre.r...@numericable.fr> wrote: > On 16 mar, 20:22, BradGuth <bradg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 11, 11:21 pm, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 11, 5:27 am, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in > > > sci.physics: > > > > > Tom wrote: > > > > > The speed of light varies depending on the strength of the > > > > > gravitational field. Einstein said that. > > > > > He said that in 1911, early on the then-unfinished journey to General > > > > Relativity. GR itself does not really have this property -- the _LOCAL_ > > > > speed of light is everywhere c. When measured over non-local paths the > > > > speed of light can vary, but there is no definite dependence on > > > > "strength of the gravitational field", it's rather that one must compute > > > > an integral over the path to obtain the theoretical value for such a > > > > speed measurement. > > > > > Yes, as one prolific idiot around here is fixated on, > > > > in the APPROXIMATION of weak fields and restriction to > > > > paths at fixed gravitational potential, for Newtonian > > > > coordinates one can express the non-local COORDINATE > > > > speed of light in terms of the gravitational potential. > > > > In 1911 Einstein did not understand all the caveats > > > > mentioned here, but certainly did by 1915; this idiot > > > > still does not understand them. > > > > The year is 1920 Roberts Roberts and Divine Albert still believes that > > > the speed of light "varies with position" in a gravitational field, as > > > Superior Brother Steve Carlip explains to you: > > > >http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/speed_o... > > > Superior Brother Steve Carlip: "Einstein went on to discover a more > > > general theory of relativity which explained gravity in terms of > > > curved spacetime, and he talked about the speed of light changing in > > > this new theory. In the 1920 book "Relativity: the special andgeneral theory" he wrote: ". . . according to the general theory of > > > > relativity, the law of the constancy of the velocity of light in > > > vacuo, which constitutes one of the two fundamental assumptions in the > > > special theory of relativity [. . .] cannot claim any unlimited > > > validity. A curvature of rays of light can only take place when the > > > velocity of propagation of light varies with position." Since > > > Einstein talks of velocity (a vector quantity: speed with direction) > > > rather than speed alone, it is not clear that he meant the speed will > > > change, but the reference to special relativity suggests that he did > > > mean so. THIS INTERPRETATION IS PERFECTLY VALID AND MAKES GOOD > > > PHYSICAL SENSE, but a more modern interpretation is that the speed of > > > light is constant in general relativity." > > > > In a sense, Superior Brother Steve Carlip is less dishonest (or more > > > naive) than you Roberts Roberts. > > > > Pentcho Valev > > > pva...@yahoo.com > > > Interesting, but why does light reflect off a mirror, or get refracted > > by an atmosphere? > > > Perhaps photons do not actually bend, but merely interact with other > > matter, be it regular or dark matter. > > . - Brad Guth- > > Bravo les artistes ! 57 interventions et pas un mot en Français . > On est bien sur un groupe fr. n'est-ce pas ? > Alors, pour ceux qui ne maîtrisent pas l'englich, il est très > difficile de repérer les conneries, car il doit y en avoir un tas , of > course... > Sans rancune, mais avec un pointe d'mamertume. ? Primary photons are not the same as secondary photons, and so forth. . - Brad Guth
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