Abstract
In the previous chapter we introduced distance as the first of our fundamental physical quantities from which we can construct only two other quantities: area and volume. We must introduce at least one other basic physical quantity which we can combine with distance to derive the basic quantities in terms of which the laws of nature are to be expressed. This new basic entity is time. That we need time in addition to the three spatial dimensions to describe nature shows us that the laws of nature cannot be derived from the three-dimensional geometry of space. But even the addition of time to the spatial quantities is not enough for a complete description of nature and other basic quantities must still be introduced. For the time being, however, we limit ourselves to the consideration of time.
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