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tip how does curved spacetime cause an apple to fall?
 
 

Posted by john on 29.09.2008
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Posted by sheikh on 03.10.2008
 

That would be the trajectory traversed by the apple due to the curvature of space in effect to the presence of the Earth. Do you have another idea? I am eager to know

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Posted by sheikh on 30.09.2008
 

Duha is also right, though space-time curvature is determined by all the matter in the universe, not the Apple only :).

OF course, one can always make approximations, therefore in a specific region of space-time, one can only consider matter that is found in that region and ignoress matter in very distant regions. This logic, once applied to the apple justifies what Duha is saying

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Posted by sheikh on 30.09.2008
 

First, you need to know that there is no falling. The Apple doesn't fall at all. Up and down are concepts that belong to a coordinate system that we invent. In reality there is no up or down. So, there can be no fall. With that being said, the Apple just traverse the trajectory determined by the space-time curvature. I hope this helps :)

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Posted by Duha on 30.09.2008
 

Ummm... It doesn't. It's the apple that tells spacetime how to curve. (Really)

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