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Time in Other Fields: Physics

Time has always been part of the solar system and therefore part of astrology as well as astronomy. Throughout the years it has become a key component to the rest of science, especially physics.

Gallelalo used time devices to come up with his theories of free falling bodies, as well as the beginning of the concepts of relativity. Both newton and Einstein looked into time in realtion to rate brining about newtons laws of motion. Einstein used time and pervious discoveries in conceptualizing the idea of simultaneity. These explorations lead to his theory of relativity as well as his well known paper “on the Electrodynamics of moving bodies”.

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