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The arrow of time and the nature of spacetime arxiv. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Time is a matter that man has tried to quantify for centuries, trying to understand whether it is an object, an idea, or simply, a fact. Selecting this option will search all publications across the scitation platform selecting this option will search all publications for the publishersociety in context. We need to imagine a point outside timean archimedean view from nowhenfrom which to observe time in an unbiased way. Argues that to understand time we must take an archimedean point of view from outside time times arrow. These pages provide an introduction to my book, time s arrow and archimedes point, published by oxford university press, new york, in march, 1996. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription.
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