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Metric Tensor Becomes Gravitational Variable

Einstein increasingly identified the spacetime metric as the quantity that should represent gravitation, replacing the idea of gravity as an ordinary force field on fixed space and time.

Albert Einstein in his Berlin office around 1920
Albert Einstein in his Berlin office, about 1920. Unknown photographer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Metric Tensor Becomes Gravitational Variable

1912 · Zurich · Switzerland · Physics

Einstein increasingly identified the spacetime metric as the quantity that should represent gravitation, replacing the idea of gravity as an ordinary force field on fixed space and time.