THE PROBLEMS OF SPACE AND TIME

  1. INTRODUCTION.
    Before the theory of relativity, space and time were treated as separate concepts.

  2. THE PROBLEM OF SPACE.
    1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: What is space?
    2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM:
  3. THE PROBLEM OF TIME.
    1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: What is time?
    2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM:
  4. THE PROBLEM OF SPACE-TIME.
    The theory of relativity replaced the separate concepts of space and of time of classical or Newtonian theory by a unified concept of space-time.
    1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: What is space-time?
    2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM:
  5. THE CLUE TO THE SOLUTION:
  6. THE SOLUTION:
  7. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SOLUTION: