The author begins by talking about foundational pillars and how they are so different. He goes far enough to say they are not compatible, General relativity and quantum physics are also discussed in this chapter. General relativity and quantum physics can be mixed in order to form the string theory which describes the smallest matter in the Universe. The chapter discusses how Albert Einstein changed the view on space and time being static concepts after Newton had supported the idea. Space and Time play a larger part than expected. Einstein also came up with the theory of relativity which which soon was found not compatible with the quantum physics view. The greeks came up with the idea that atoms were the smallest units of matter,it was soon proven that they consisted of protons neutrons and electrons.The first chapter is mostly focusing on gravity and giving depth to it.
The second chapter Maxwell and Einstein have their own opinion. Maxwell defines light as well as motion, einstein found how things that were relative to eachother move to outsiders. The chapter further explains the formulas Einstein came up with and the proper use. He also came to the conclusion that space and time interacted they were not completely seperate. The most interesting thing to me from this chapter is that the speed of light travels at 670 million miles per hour!
Chapter 3 discusses the ideas of space and time, but mostly focuses on ( warps and ripples) Newton's theory of gravity was competing against Einsteins theory of nothing being able to outrun light. Newton liked to refer to gravity as the great equalizer The chapter moves on to discuss Karl Schwarzchold and how he came up with the idea of black holes as he studied Einsteins theories. George Bernhard Riemann went far enough to say that the universe was getting even larger. General relativity was greatly discussed throughout the text and confronts the fact that it is still not compatible with quantum physics.
