What kind of time for aTime Machine?
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What kind of time for a Time Machine?
The linear, unstructured, parameter t used in the equations of mechanics, in spite of its great aptness in describing the nature’s laws, does not fit with the unidirectional flow of time ts subjectively experienced by humans, just the investigators of nature. Being ts the main foundation upon which we build our knowledge of nature through our continuous and inescapable reciprocal interaction − ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EPJ Web of Conferences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135804001