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Talk: Field theory
November 16, 2009
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gravity a field theory?
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Under your proposed definition, which is not the meaning of the original term, Newtonian gravity is not a field theory, correct?
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reply to Jacob: Can you fit that difference in terminology to your explanation?
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Newton, action at a distance, and propagation speed in the 1600s
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Action at a distance certainly is not the same as electromagnetic waves, which do not act instantaneously on a distance object as Newtonian gravity does.
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Created page with 'Andy, I'm not going to undo something you've written, but a force field and action at a distance are the same thing. Action at a distance means precisely that - one object, affe...'
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