Einstein has become such an icon that it sounds sacrilegious

to suggest he was wrong. Even his notorious "biggest blunder" merely reinforces his aura of infallibility: the supposed mistake turns out to explain astronomical observations quite nicely [see "A Cosmic Conundrum," by Lawrence M. Krauss and Michael S. Turner]. But if most laypeople are scandalized by claims that Einstein may have been wrong, most theoretical physicists would be much more startled if he had been right.

This article was originally published with the title Was Einstein Right?.

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1. 1. Eureka999 04:17 PM 12/8/10

   Actually Einstein was nearly right his equations work well in the low and medium mass density range- but start to break down at the black hole singularity.
   
   THis is actually where you have to start to use quantum gravity, in fact advanced quantum gravity, but first you have to translate Einstein back into something akin to Newton, so that you can traet gravity like the other forces of Nature, which do have a quantum counterpart.
   
   
   Available on line at aip.org.
   
   1). An advanced dynamic adaptation of Newtonian equations of gravity. Physics Essays 21: 222-228.
   
   2) String quintessence and the formulation of advanced quantum gravity. Physics Essays 22: 364-377.
   

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