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  • History and Philosophy of Mathematics - Physics - Science and Society

    Newton’s “law” of gravitation corrected

    April 14, 2011 - By ckr

    On the occasion of Gagarin’s 50th anniversary and Ambedkar Jayanti take a look at my article http://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.2945v2. This corrects (the conceptual defect in) Newton’s “law” of gravitation, and explains the anomalous orbits of NASA spacecraft, and also stars in the galaxy, which that “law” cannot explain (and which have not…

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  • History of Astronomy - Science and Society

    Khwaza Nasiruddin Tusi and Copernicus

    April 2, 2011 - By ckr

    Believing the propaganda regarding trouble in Iran, I nearly postponed my visit there. However, the situation was entirely peaceful, even at Khorramshahr, the border with Iraq. There was an invasion of dust, so all flights were cancelled, and we had to travel back to Tehran by road, a distance of…

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