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Über das Fließen von Zeit und Materie in der Physik
Everyday perception suggests that time is in flux, and this supposedly factual and fateful constant shapes our understanding of the world and its change, including the various transformations of matter. In physics, the assumption and experience of flowing time is contrasted with the realisation that matter does not flow according to certain laws in a space that is conceived as absolute, but that matter and its movement on the one hand and the geometry of space-time on the other are mutually dependent and determine each other. Space is no longer the stage for the movement of matter, but the movement of matter and the geometry of spacetime are interdependent. This paper outlines the different theoretical stages, models and concepts of physical thinking about the relationship between time, space and matter since Newton and Kepler, through Einstein to modern quantum mechanics. The latter introduced a paradigm shift in physics by conceptualizing light and matter as waves, thereby opening new avenues for exploring the presumed flow of time. The consequences for our understanding of time and matter are far-reaching. The flow of time: not an immutable law, but our own creation. Absolute space: not an immovable framework for all events, but a flowing entity, of the same nature as time, eternally dancing with the matter that permeates it.
