Wednesday, 13 March 2019

general relativity - If gravity isn't a force, then why do we learn in school that it is?


I have studied some of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, and I understand that it states that gravity isn't a force but rather the effects of objects curving space-time. If this is true, then why are we instructed in middle school that it is a force?




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