The Nature of Time
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-03-23 v1
Abstract
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.
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@article{arxiv.0903.3489,
title = {The Nature of Time},
author = {Julian Barbour},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3489},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures. This article won the first prize awarded on 7th March 2009 by the jury in the essay competition of the Foundational Questions Institute (fqxi.org) on The Nature of Time