S1 Space and Time

Motivation

Physics deals with the sequence of events that make up the unfolding story of the universe. The most basic questions we can ask about ‘events’ are ‘where?’ and ‘when’. Thus Space and Time are the key concepts of physics. In this section we explore the classical view of Space and Time developed by Galileo and Newton, and touch on its failures, unearthed by Einstein.

Objectives

By the end of this section you should:

Key Mathematics

derivatives and slopes; integrals and areas