11. Newton preferred to believe in absolute space even though it was experimentally undetectable according to his theory. 12. As we are all taught, in Newton's conception of mechanics there is absolute space and absolute time. 13. The first form is absolute spacing . 14. He also denied the existence of absolute space and time by saying in 1901 : " " 1. 15. In Newton's time the fixed stars were invoked as a reference frame, supposedly at rest relative to absolute space . 16. {{ quote | Absolute space , in its own nature, without regard to anything external, remains always similar and immovable. 17. As such, they were no more palatable than Newton's old idea of absolute space , which was equally invisible and arbitrary. 18. The concept of inertial frames of reference is no longer tied to either the fixed stars or to absolute space . 19. They supersede the Galilean transformation of Newtonian physics, which assumes an absolute space and time ( see Galilean relativity ). 20. The cosmos of Galileo consists of absolute space and time and the addition of velocities corresponds to composition of Galilean transformations.
