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Variable Light Speed in Gravity

Explores a formulation in which the coordinate speed of light varies with gravitational potential, an intermediate step toward a geometric theory of gravity.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1912ZurichPhysics

Variable Light Speed in Gravity

1912 · Zurich · United States of America · Physics

Explores a formulation in which the coordinate speed of light varies with gravitational potential, an intermediate step toward a geometric theory of gravity.

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