The Nature of Time

By J. Barbour. 2009

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A review of some basic facts of classical dynamics shows that time, or precisely duration, is redundant as a fundamental concept. Duration and the behaviour of clocks emerge from a timeless law that governs change.

Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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