Source: Book Einstein: His Life and Universe
“It is in the composite idea of motion that these three fundamental conceptions enter into intimate relationship.”
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Space—Time—Matter (1952)
Context: Space and time are commonly regarded as the forms of existence of the real world, matter as its substance. A definite portion of matter occupies a definite part of space at a definite moment of time. It is in the composite idea of motion that these three fundamental conceptions enter into intimate relationship.
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