An Ode to the Unity of Time and Space
Time, ah, time, how you go off like this!
Physical things, ah, things, so abundant you are!
The Ruo's waters are three thousand, how can they not have the same source?
Time and space are one body, mind and things sustain each other.
Time, o time, does not time come again?
Heaven, o heaven, how many are the appearances of heaven!
From ancient days constantly shifting on, black holes flaring up.
Time and space are one body, is it without end?
Great indeed is the riddle of the universe.
Beautiful indeed is the source of truth.
To quantize space and time the smartest are nothing.
To measure the Great Universe with a long thin tube the learning is vast.
—— Shing-Tung Yau
from String Theory and M-Theory, Cambridge University Press, by Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John H. Schwarz. |