On the Multiple Deaths of Whitehead's Theory of Gravity

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dc.creatorGibbons, Gary
dc.creatorWill, Clifford M.
dc.date2006-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:21:30Z
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dc.descriptionWhitehead'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.
dc.description22 pages; to be submitted to Studies In History And Philosophy Of Modern Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0611006
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0611006
dc.identifierStud.Hist.Philos.Mod.Phys.39:41-61,2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194280
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.titleOn the Multiple Deaths of Whitehead's Theory of Gravity
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