Is Gravity An Illusion?

Want to ask some sort of crazy question about Space?: Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Help translate our videos! Let us know what topics you want to learn more about: Most of us take gravity as an assumed part of our living realities, but why? Basic physics introduces us to the concept of gravity from a Newtonian sense, but when you start factoring Einstein into an understanding of gravity, things get… weird. For example, gravity may simply not exist. Why? Watch this week’s episode of PBS Space Time and find out why gravity may be an illusion! Extra Credit: 1960 Frames of Reference video (abridged version) 1960 Frames of Reference video (full version) SmarterEveryDay Baffling Balloon Physics Einstein 1907 paper (translation) on the equivalence principle Additional info the equivalence principle PBS Learning Media animation about frames of reference: ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­-----------------------------­-­- Comments: Miguel Portela Lutranereis Lukos0036 Pikminiman Music: Buster - Patternbased ( Philly D Jr. - Patternbased ( Dr Dreidel - Patternbased ( Windmills - Anitek ( Secret Society - Logical Disorder ( u dont know im fadin Pinball Beat - Patternbased ( miracle - slow ( Heisse Luft - Thompson and Kuhl ( New SpaceTime episodes every Wednesday! Hosted by Gabe Perez-Giz Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)