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Talk:Theory of relativity (view source)
Revision as of 17:01, November 15, 2009
, 17:01, November 15, 2009→Comments on Newtonian Mechanics: 0.875 vs. 1.75 arc seconds. But not zero.
: I thought that there were people who predicted light deflection under Newtonian mechanics. Is that not true? Do you have any source for saying that people did not expect light deflection under Newtonian mechanics? [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 11:48, 15 November 2009 (EST)
: I thought that there were people who predicted light deflection under Newtonian mechanics. Is that not true? Do you have any source for saying that people did not expect light deflection under Newtonian mechanics? [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 11:48, 15 November 2009 (EST)
:Absolutely. Johann Soldner, 1803, for one. I'm going to put that into the GR page. But probably not quite yet, there's a ''huge'' rewrite going on. I'm sure there were people who thought that the deflection under Newton should be zero, but they were just not thinking clearly. Any statement saying the expected deflection was zero should be taken out; not true. BTW, I think the detailed treatment of issues like this belongs in the GR page, and the R page should just link to it. [[User:PatrickD|PatrickD]] 12:01, 15 November 2009 (EST)