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The Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton (2010)

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by perseusprime11

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:29:46 GMT

Did any physics enthusiasts read this paper? https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by DonaldFisk

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 02:22:09 GMT

He's well-qualified. His background is in string theory. His theory is described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0785v1.pdf And the Wikipedia article about it is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity It's argued here that there's observational evidence against it: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425220/experiments-show-g... I'm not familiar with the areas of physics the theory draws on. I am familiar with General Relativity, which agrees very well with observations, and (I think) makes fewer assumptions.

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by claudius

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:08:33 GMT

Original paper at [0], some corrections/comments at [1,2]. [3] argues that the proposed new ideas and the classical (Newtonian, If I understood this correctly) concept of gravity are actually identical, given suitable identifications of various entities. [0] http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785 [1] http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5858 [2] http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3876 [3] http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1015

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by mikhailfranco

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:52:36 GMT

As referenced in the paper, Verlinde proposed that gravity is an entropic force: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity I highly recommend Verlinde's brilliant paper, it's an easy read: http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785 The theory remains controversial, but it's a valuable attempt to put holographic principles center stage.

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by hammock

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:18:03 GMT

Gravitons are the kookiest theoretical particle I have ever heard of. I had an intuition that they were kooky and contrived when I first heard of them as a child, and now that I know more about them and gravity, I have even more disbelief in them. Why people still believe in them I will never know. Here's the latest thing I have seen, btw: http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785 Pop science interpretation of it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by Maro

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:31:20 GMT

Original paper (degree in Physics needed): http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785 Discusion of the paper: http://badphysics.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/%E2%80%9Con-the-o... Reply(s) by the author, Verlinde: http://staff.science.uva.nl/~erikv/page20/page18/page18.html

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by vecter

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:54:15 GMT

I haven't had a chance to go through the paper yet (http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785), but it seems that he does make some derivations and proof sketches. Can someone verify this?

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On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton — mentioned by waterlesscloud

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:38:30 GMT

Link to a paper on arxiv about the idea. http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785

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