SPACE & TIME: About the Depths of the Cosmos and Slow-Motion in Sport

The latest issue of the research magazine RUPERTO CAROLA with contributions from 21 Heidelberg researchers. Over 100 years ago Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity, which fundamentally changed our understanding of space and time. These closely related categories have occupied people from the beginning and are, still today, the subject of many types of research across all academic disciplines. SPACE & TIME is the topic of the latest issue of RUPERTO CAROLA, the research magazine of Heidelberg University, which introduces studies pursuing, inter alia, the goal of modifying Einstein's theory at the limits of today's knowledge. The contributions of this 19th issue lead into the depths of the cosmos, in which matter, space and time came into being with the Big Bang approximately 13.8 billion years ago; they deal with the biblical account of creation and with the control principle according to which molecular switches coordinate vital biological processes in time and space, and also with slow motion in sport. 21 researchers present their studies in 15 research reports and an expert dialogue. They explain how a method for geodata analysis developed in Heidelberg makes it possible to better understand the spatial and temporal dynamic of topographical changes or highlight what connects online meetings during the Covid period with premodern Europe.