Time and Space, the Same but Different.

The article discusses time and space and how the theories on physics and cosmology are at odds in defining its universal nature. The author says that Newton's idea of absolute time and space have been "destroyed" by Einstein's relativity theories and in tern this also disputes quantum mechanics. The...

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Publicado en:Hawking & the Mind of God pp. 48 - 54
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Icon Books 5/ 1/2000
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Sumario:The article discusses time and space and how the theories on physics and cosmology are at odds in defining its universal nature. The author says that Newton's idea of absolute time and space have been "destroyed" by Einstein's relativity theories and in tern this also disputes quantum mechanics. The author infers that the universe continually expands and to reconcile theories of physics and cosmology remains to be an impossibility or a "puzzle."