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31 December, 16:54

If general relativity offers the best description of what happens in the presence of gravity, why do physicists still make use of Newton's equations in describing gravitational forces on Earth (when building a bridge, for example) ?

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  1. 31 December, 20:22
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    Newton's equations are more straightforward and better used on the surface of Earth and also there is only a small difference between the two.
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