Originally posted by imnotanaddict@18 August 2003 - 15:03
http://www.word1.co.il/physics/bigbang.html
interestingWhoever wrote this paper does not understand the theory of relativity, or more likely deliberately misrepresents it. Einstein did not say that the light is accelerated toward a star etc, he was well aware of the constancy of the velocity of light. Einstein's theory says that TIME is affected by gravity, so to an observer unaffected by that gravity the light appears to bend towards the star, while to the beam of light it is travelling in a straight line.3. The Gravitational Redshift and Bending of Light. In a 1911 paper, A.Einstein stated that light propagating near a massive star must be gravitationally attracted to the star and accelerated toward it. Therefore, the velocity of light passing near the star must continuously increase, with a bending of light toward the star. When light moves out or away from a star, the attraction toward the star will continuosly reduce the light velocity. This results in reducing the frequencies of all spectral components of the light, thus in a gravitational redshift.
In this and other trials to explain the phenomena, Einstein "forgot" that nothing can be physically added to or deducted from the velocity of light in his empty space, and denied his own 1905 postulate of the universal constancy of light velocity in that empty space. Though his formulae for the gravitational redshift and bending of light are based on false reasoning and not always yield the observed values, these phenomena are well established physical facts, explainable by the electron positron lattice (epola) structure of space.
I have not read the whole article, having read such a dreadful misquoting of Einstein's work I could not see any merit in reading further.
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