Up to the beginning of this century people believed in an absolute time.

直到本世纪初，人们都相信绝对时间。

Both Aristotle and Newton believed in absolute time.

亚里士多德和牛顿都相信绝对时间。

The theory of relativity gets rid of absolute time.

相对论摆脱了绝对时间。

) In other words, the theory of relativity put an end to the idea of absolute time!

) 换句话说，相对论终结了绝对时间的观念！

The predictions of physics work all the same, and it’s not like there’s some “absolute starting time” – I mean, if there were, time zones wouldn’t work!

“绝对开始时间”这种东西并不存在如果有的话 那么时区就无效了！

In an ironically similar string of events, Isaac Newton proposed what is known as the law of universal gravitation in his same work that argued for absolute time.

在一连串具有讽刺意味的类似事件中，艾萨克·牛顿（Isaac Newton）在他论证绝对时间的同一著作中提出了所谓的万有引力定律。