Timeline for Better explanation of the common general relativity illustration (stretched sheet of fabric)
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May 26, 2018 at 15:29 | comment | added | Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir | This is good as an analogy, but the rubber sheet analogy is better than an analogy -- it's a mathematically consistent interpretation. You just need to throw out bogus oversimplifications like "the Earth weighs spacetime down!" | |
Nov 4, 2015 at 14:40 | comment | added | Arturo don Juan | This is a wonderful example and should be popularized much more! | |
Jan 21, 2015 at 20:55 | history | answered | BMS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |