Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Space was absolute as per

  1. Gottfried Leibniz

  2. Euclid and Ptolemy

  3. Isaac newton

  4. Immanuel Kant
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Explanation

Isaac Newton's classical mechanics described space as absolute - a fixed, unchanging stage where events occur, independent of the objects within it. This contrasts with Leibniz's relational view that space exists only as relationships between objects. Newton's absolute space was a key premise of his laws of motion.

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