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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2009 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District, 41 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock 7925 Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065 Distributed to the trade in the USA by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution The Keg House, 34 Thirteenth Avenue NE, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55413-1007 Distributed in Canada by Penguin Books Canada, 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3 Previous edition published in 2002 ISBN: 978-184831-057-5 Text copyright © 2002 Bruce Bassett Illustrations copyright © 2012 Icon Books Ltd The author and artist have asserted their moral rights. Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Printed by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
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The Conditions of Space and Time The German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) delved into the critical limits of knowledge in his revolutionary text, The Critique of Pure Reason (1781 ). He expounded the view that space and t ime do not exist independently of our consciousness. THI~ ~UGG£:-ST$ 1HAT 5PN:E t.: TIMEMAY NOT ~E }850LUTE ENTITIE-S AS NEWTCN CONC£NEP T/.IEM, AND .SO KANT IS Cl.OSER. TO EINSTEIN, As we. $HA LL ~EE Nevertheless, until Einstein, the dominant philosophy of physicists was inherited from Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) . 3

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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2009 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP

email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com

Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd,

Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents

Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District,

41 Sir Lowry Road,

Woodstock 7925

Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065

Distributed to the trade in the USA by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution The Keg House, 34 Thirteenth Avenue NE, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55413-1007

Distributed in Canada by Penguin Books Canada, 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3

Previous edition published in 2002

ISBN: 978-184831-057-5

Text copyright © 2002 Bruce Bassett Illustrations copyright © 2012 Icon Books Ltd

The author and artist have asserted their moral rights.

Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Printed by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc

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