The scientific view of matter has evolved over time. Science for many centuries has been accompanied by philosophical thought, throughout time the mixture of the two is very evident. The beginnings of western science, namely physics, coincide with that of the first period of Greek philosophers. Physics is in fact a term derived from the Greek word "physis" which means "the endeavor of seeing the essential nature of all things" (Capra, 1977, p. 9). The basic ideas evolved from the Greek philosophers, and philosophy remained a

This new physical reality was no doubt the work of Einstein, but it was not entirely his. There were some other key scientists who's work contributed to that of Einstein's. Their names were Michael Faraday and Clerk Maxwell. Faraday was responsible for producing an electric current through a copper wire, and together with Maxwell they both produced a complete theory of electromagnetism. Instead of saying that two charges had an attraction towards each other, they felt it more necessary to say that they disturbed each other. This led to the theory of a force that is called a field. "This was a most profound change in man's conception of physical reality. In the Newtonian view, the forces were rigidly connected with the bodies they act upon." (Capra, 1977, p. 48).

Maxwell tried to explain his theories in mechanical terms, "interpreting the fields as states of mechanical stress in a very light space-filling medium, called ether, and the electromagnetic waves as elastic waves of this ether." (Capra, 1977, p. 48). Maxwell did not focus on the field entities of his theories, but instead on the mechanistic entities. Einstein focused on the fields, and stated that no ether existed, yet that these electromagnetic fields were physical entities themselves. He also stated that they were able to travel through empty space, and explanation through a mechanical view was impossible.

The scientific view of a vacuum is this. A vacuum is not empty by any means, instead it is full of an infinite number of particles, which can enter existence and vanish without end. The reason for this view, according to scientists, is that it is possible for particles to exit and enter the void. That is, it is possible for particles to disappear and reappear at random. The science view of emptiness is that there are no empty spaces. This is explained by the same reasons as to why a vacuum is not empty. Which means that there is no such thing as "nothingness" or "non-existence".

In 1905 Einstein changed the world of science with his two theories which started modern physics. These theories were the quantum theory, and the theory of relativity. The quantum theory was a new way of looking at electromagnetic radiation. The relativity theory stated that, "space is not three dimensional and time is not a separate entity. Both are intimately connected and form a four-dimensional continuum, "space-time"." (Capra, 1977, p. 48).

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