2020/11/20 by Arshia Anjum, Anjum, Arshia, Sriman Srisa Saran Mishra +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Developments in Astronomy #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.14014
openalex publication_date 2020/11/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Gravity plays an important part in the experiments and discoveries of the modern world. But how was it discovered? Surely Newton and Einstein were not the only people to observe it and account for it. It had been a long path before the full theory for Gravitation could be formulated with open ends for more add-ons and modifications. All the contributions from across the world and different eras helped in the discovery of gravity as a whole new concept and area of research with a major contribution from the Greeks. This 3 article series lists out the important curves in the carefully carved path of gravitational discovery. The first article summarises the development of interest in the cosmos and the growth of scientific knowledge through ancient theories and observations.