Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time
- ISBN-10
- 0521599458
- ISBN-13
- 9780521599450
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-06-13
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Steven F. Savitt, Steven Frederick Savitt
Description
Eleven essays which make original contributions toward the conundrum which is the 'Arrow of Time'.
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