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Einstein's general theory of relativity conceives the phenomena of gravity as manifestations of the curvature of the spacetime manifold in which physical events take place. I sketch the line of thought that led Einstein to this conception, and I briefly discuss proposals by Jeffreys and Feynman for retaining Einstein's gravitational field equations while discarding their purportedly geometrical meaning.
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Torretti, R. Gravity as Spacetime Curvature. Phys. perspect. 2, 118–134 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000160050039
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