The Melded Nature Of Space And Time

A Watch Worn By A Particle Of Light Would Not Tick At All. Light Realizes The Dreams Of Ponce De Leon And The Cosmetics Industry: It Doesn't Age.

Physicists Are More Like Avant-garde Composers, Willing To Bend Traditional Rules... Mathematicians Are More Like Classical Composers.

So: If You Buy The Notion That Reality Consists Of The Things In Your Freeze-frame Mental Image Right Now, And If You Agree That Your Now Is No More Valid Than The Now Of Someone Located Far Away In Space Who Can Move Freely, Then Reality Encompasses All Of The Events In Spacetime.

Science Is Very Good At Answering The 'how' Questions. 'how Did The Universe Evolve To The Form That We See?' But It Is Woefully Inadequate In Addressing The 'why' Questions. 'why Is There A Universe At All?' These Are The Meaning Questions, Which Many People Think Religion Is Particularly Good At Dealing With.

String Theory Has The Potential To Show That All Of The Wondrous Happenings In The Universe - From The Frantic Dance Of Subatomic Quarks To The Stately Waltz Of Orbiting Binary Stars; From The Primordial Fireball Of The Big Bang To The Majestic Swirl Of Heavenly Galaxies - Are Reflections Of One, Grand Physical Principle, One Master Equation.