Gravity and Light in the Newtonian Universe of Stars

Ontology Studies: Cuadernos de Ontología:39-46 (2010)
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Newton’s claim that gravity is a universal force was contradicted by observations that seemed to show the stars were motionless. When challenged on this by Richard Bentley, he argued that the solution lay in the near-perfect symmetry of the stellar system. William Stukeley however suggested that in such a universe the sky would be filled with light similar to the Milky Way. Edmond Halley disputed this in print, but mistakenly, and later discussions of such a universe led to ‘Olbers’s Paradox’.La petición de principio de Newton que la gravedad es una fuerza universal se contradice con los resultados aparentes de las observaciones de las estrellas inmóviles. Al ser preguntado sobre esto por Richard Bentley, argumentó que la solución reside en la simetría casi perfecta del sistema estelar. Sin embargo, William Stukeley sugirió que, en tal universo, el cielo se llenaría de luz similares a la de la Vía Láctea. Edmond Halley tomó parte en la disputa, pero erróneamente, y posteriormente estos debates en torno a semejante universo han dado lugar a “la paradoja de Olbers”

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