Albert Einstein1916
Einstein's mature theory described freely falling bodies as following the straightest possible world-lines through curved spacetime rather than being pulled by a Newtonian gravitational force.
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Einstein's mature theory described freely falling bodies as following the straightest possible world-lines through curved spacetime rather than being pulled by a Newtonian gravitational force.
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