Gravity is the curving of space, so why shpuld there be a graviton?

Subject: Gravity is the curving of space, so why shpuld there be a graviton?

Date: Tue Jun 13 23:21:35 2000
Posted by Eduardo Frajman
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: Baltimore State/Province: Maryland Country: United States
Area of science: Physics
ID: 960952895.Ph

Message:


According to the General Theroy of Relativity, gravity is the curving of 
space-time caused by the presence of a mass. Thus, gravity is not a force 
at all, so why is there a need to find a particle that transmits gravity 
(the graviton)?

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