2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34081The physical basis of the standard theory of general relativity is examined and a nonlocal theory of accelerated observers is described that involves a natural generalization of the hypothesis of locality. The nonlocal theory is confronted with experiment via an indirect approach. The implications of the results for gravitation are briefly discussed.LaTeX file, no figures, 12 pages. To be published in: Proc. 25th Johns Hopkins Workshop "2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey" (World Scientific, Singapore)General Relativity and Quantum Cosmologytext