The Fabric of the Cosmos the book, such as discussions revolving around classical physics, quantum mechanics, and cosmological physics. Chapter 2, "The Universe and the Bucket", features space as its key point. The question posed by Greene is this: "Is space a human abstraction, or is it a physical entity?" The key thought experiment is a spinning bucket of water, designed to make one think about what creates the force felt inside the bucket when it is spinning. The ideas of Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, and Gottfried Leibniz on this thought experiment are discussed in detail. Chapter 3, "Relativity and the Absolute", focuses on spacetime.
Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute (Russian: "Краткие сообщения по физике", "Kratkue Soobsheniya po fisike") is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of physics. The journal was established in 1970, and is published by the Lebedev Physical Institute (in Russian) a monthly basis. Springer publishes an English translation of the journal. It is edited by Oleg N. Krokhin. The online version is available since 2007. The "Bulletin" covers research results from Prokhorov General Physics Institute and the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences in addition to those of the Lebedev Physical Institute.