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Thermodynamic Arrow Of Time

The Thermodynamic Arrow of Time is a theoretical construct in thermodynamics that designates the directionality of time as defined by the irreversible increase of entropy in isolated systems, thereby distinguishing temporal asymmetry from reversible physical processes.

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Entropy Arrow Of Time

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Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow

David Lewis · Noûs · 1979 · 1.6K citations

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Boltzmann's Entropy and Time's Arrow

Joel L. Lebowitz · Physics Today · 1993 · 574 citations

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Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time

Nick Huggett, Huw Price · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 1999 · 300 citations

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Entropy production and the arrow of time

Juan M. R. Parrondo, Ryoichi Kawai · New Journal of Physics · 2009 · 232 citations · Full text

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Statistical Mechanics and the Asymmetry of Counterfactual Dependence

Adam Elga · Philosophy of Science · 2001 · 199 citations

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Authors

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  1. LS
    L. S. Schulman

    Clarkson University, United States

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  2. SW
    S. W. Hawking

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 309 citations

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  3. MC
    Mario Castagnino

    Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics, Argentina

    4 publications · 144 citations

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  4. OL
    Olímpia Lombardi

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    3 publications · 113 citations

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  5. DL
    David Layzer

    Harvard College Observatory, United States

    3 publications · 267 citations

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Institutions

141

  1. Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    403 citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    309 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    436 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    63 citations

  5. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    175 citations

  6. Helsinki Institute of Physics

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    177 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    230 citations

  8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    650 citations

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  1. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 7 publications · 112 citations

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  3. Entropy

    5 publications · 132 citations

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  5. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    4 publications · 129 citations

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