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In this chapter we first deduce Newton’s law of gravitation in its local form as a preparation for comparing Newton’s and Einstein’s theories, including a discussion of tidal forces. Then we give a presentation of the main conceptual foundation of the general theory of relativity, emphasizing the principle of equivalence and the principle of relativity.
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Grøn, Ø. (2020). Newton’s Theory of Gravitation. In: Introduction to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Undergraduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43862-3_1
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