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Is Time Real?: Would Newton and Einstein Have Agreed?
Not everyone agrees that relativity dismisses absolute time and therefore Newton's theories are accurate as far as they go. The way we measure time, however, has certainly been affected by 20th century physics, as in the so-called twins effect. Cont...
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Is Time Real?: Scientific Theories of Time: Isaac Newton
Until the 20th century the dominant view of time was embedded in the mechanics of Isaac Newton. Newton viewed absolute time as an endless line stretching from the infinite past to the infinite future. Events happen according to whatever standard of ...