ACCORDING to the general theory of relativity, the geometrical properties of space are not independent, but they are determined by matter. Thus we can draw conclusions about the geometrical structure of the universe only if we base our considerations... Relativity: the special and general theory - Page 135by Albert Einstein - 1920 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
| Scudder Klyce - Religion - 1925 - 440 pages
...that space is continuous :- "According to the general theory of relativity [his later, No. 2 theory], the geometrical properties of space are not independent, but they are determined by matter" (Relativity, 135). Ie, he himself finally says, in practically so many words, that variable space is... | |
| Thomas Case - Education - 1927 - 308 pages
...last section of his book on Relativity, translated by Dr. Lawson. He begins the section as follows: ' According to the general theory of relativity the...geometrical ' properties of space are not independent but determined by ' matter.' He ends the section as follows: ' Since in reality the detailed distribution... | |
| Milton K. Munitz - Philosophy - 1992 - 228 pages
...infiniteness of our space without coming into conflict with the laws of thought or with experience. . . . According to the general theory of relativity, the...only if we base our considerations on the state of matter as being something that is known. We know from experience that, for a suitably chosen co-ordinate... | |
| Rudolf Arnheim - Architecture - 1969 - 400 pages
...inhomogeneity is found, according to Einstein, in the three-dimensional space of our universe. He says that "according to the general theory of relativity the...geometrical properties of space are not independent but determined by matter;" the geometry of the universe turns out to be distorted by gravitational fields.... | |
| 1920 - 922 pages
...is the master stroke in his skillful massing of inconsistent sophistries. We find Einstein stating: "According to the general theory of relativity, the...the state of the matter as being something that is known."12 This assertion is a half-truth of high sophistic value, and on a par with the other half-truths... | |
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