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In physics, the notion of absolute space underlies the laws of classical physics of Isaac Newton. In his theories, the space is an inert arena on which other physical phenomena take place. The space affects the other phenomena, but the space itself is not affected by those phenomena. Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Physics sci. ... Classical physics is physics based on principles developed before the rise of quantum theory. ... Sir Isaac Newton in Knellers 1689 portrait Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727 by the Julian calendar in use in England at the time; or 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 by the Gregorian calendar) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist who wrote...


The idea of the absolute space was superseded by the notion of spacetime in special relativity and especially the dynamically curved spacetime in general relativity. World line of the orbit of the Earth depicted as a circle in two spatial dimensions X and Y (the plane of the Earth orbit) and a time dimension, Z, making the circle appear as a helix. ... A simple introduction to this subject is provided in Special relativity for beginners Special relativity (SR) or the special theory of relativity is the physical theory published in 1905 by Albert Einstein. ... Two-dimensional visualisation of space-time distortion. ...


A complication in Newton's absolute space is that it implies that there is at least one inertial system out of an infinate number that is unique.


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In physics, the notion of absolute space underlies the laws of classical physics of Isaac Newton.
The idea of the absolute space was superseded by the notion of spacetime in special relativity and especially the dynamically curved spacetime in general relativity.
A complication in Newton's absolute space is that it implies that there is at least one inertial system out of an infinite number that is unique.
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