Physics Force & Motion BUMHS 2024
PMDC Verified Question 18 of 137
Which of the following believed in absolute time?

I Newton
II Galileo
A
I
B
II
C
Both I and II
D
Neither I nor II
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Propolis Cognitive Error Autopsy

Official Correct Choice:
Option C: Both I and II
Concept:

Historical paradigm of classical mechanics before Einstein's relativity.

Solution:

  • Both Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton constructed their entire frameworks of classical kinematics upon the rigid assumption that time is a universal, absolute constant.


  • In their universe, one second ticking on Earth was mathematically identical to one second ticking anywhere else, perfectly independent of an observer's speed or gravity.


  • It wasn't until Albert Einstein's Special Relativity that time was proven to be relative.


Why other options are incorrect:

Selecting only one ignores that classical mechanics as a whole was founded on absolute time.

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