纪录片《重力错乱》 第12期 牛顿与爱因斯坦的宇宙观（在线收听）

This strange idea of spacetime is certainly radical.

这个奇怪的时空概念无疑很激进。

In one sweeping action, Einstein's theory of relativity completely changed our picture of the universe.

通过包罗万象的作用，爱因斯坦的相对论彻底改变了我们对宇宙的描述。

Newton's universe was kind of a stage, an arena in which everything happens.

牛顿的宇宙是特定的阶段，万物活动的特定的舞台。

It was like a box, exactly as you'd imagine it,

它就象是个箱子，准确地说你可以想象得到的箱子、

and the stars and the planets and us are just going about our business inside the box.

恒星、行星以及我们就在箱子里面做交易。

Now, Einstein's genius was to realise that you don't need a box, there's just spacetime.

现在，爱因斯坦的天赋在于实现了你无需箱子，只需要时空。

And everything that happens in the universe affects the spacetime,

宇宙中发生的一切影响着时空，

and the spacetime affects everything that happen in the universe.

而时空也影响着宇宙中所发生的一切。

In Newton's universe there's just empty space.

在牛顿的宇宙里只存在真空。

The stars and galaxies have an effect on each other, but that's it.

恒星与星系有相互作用，但就是这样。

Einstein's universe is completely different, it has an internal fabric, the spacetime.

爱因斯坦的宇宙完全不同，有一个内在的构造——时空。

The celestial bodies are all embedded within this fabric, and they all interact with it.

天体都镶嵌在这个构造中，都与它相互作用。

In Einstein's universe, the planets, stars and galaxies actually warp, bend and distort the spacetime.

在爱因斯坦的宇宙中，行星、恒星、星系实际上是弯曲的，弯曲和扭曲着时空。

It's this interaction of matter with the fabric of the cosmos

这个物质与宇宙构造的互动

that helps explain the weird sightings on Kitt Peak.

有助于解释基特峰上所看到的奇特的现象。