hawking mainly discussed space and time in the chapter.
According to Aristotle, the body was at rest and only moved by the force. Besides, the heavy body falled faster than light one. However, as the time goes by, scientists like Galileo and Newton overturned the theory. Newton's second law and the theory of gravity tell people that a body is not absolute rest. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the study in electromagnetic fields released that the light travels at a high speed. Later the relativity given by Einstein ended the notion about absolute time.
这篇文章采用的是按时间正序叙述的方法,从亚里士多德时代物理开始说起,按照时间顺序依次说明物理领域space and time的发展。物理是在不断的发展与否定。