Classical Newtonian physics
- Space and time are absolute
Special relativity
- Space and time are relative
- The speed of light is an absolute constant
General relativity
- The Equivalence Principle: gravity is indistinguishable from acceleration
Quantum mechanism
- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: position and velocity cannot be simultaneously determined
Cosmology
- The Big Bang
Evolution
- Replication, mutation, selection
- The selfish gene
The anthropic principle
- A landscape of possibilities populated by a megaverse of actualities