On the Multiple Deaths of Whitehead's Theory of Gravity

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Whitehead's 1922 theory of gravitation continues to attract the attention of philosophers, despite evidence presented in 1971 that it violates experiment. We demonstrate that the theory strongly fails five quite different experimental tests, and conclude that, notwithstanding its meritorious philosophical underpinnings, Whitehead's theory is truly dead.
22 pages; to be submitted to Studies In History And Philosophy Of Modern Physics

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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, History and Philosophy of Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194280

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0611006
 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0611006
 Stud.Hist.Philos.Mod.Phys.39:41-61,2008

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