Please help!
2007-12-06 11:52:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
gravity has always been known to exist. Newton formulated the laws defining how it acts and Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity explained a lot of the why's, including mass's ability to "warp" space.
2007-12-06 11:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by David Bowman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first person to actually suggest space was curved due to gravity was Einstein.
In his work from 1905, he predicted that space itself would be curved due to a gravitational source. Some years later (1911? 1913?) there was a total eclipse of the sun in.... Africa, I believe. According to his theory, a star that was actually *behind* the sun should be visible to people on Earth during the eclipse.
When the eclipse happened, the star was indeed visible - proving the theory of gravitational effects on space.
2007-12-06 20:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
warp drive was explained on the original Star Trek back about 1970
2007-12-06 19:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody.
However, Einstein introduced the idea that spacetime is CURVED. Physicists talk about the curvature of space, not the "warpature".
:-)
2007-12-06 19:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
people alot smarter than you or I
2007-12-06 19:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by pkingman1274 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋