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| title = The Nature of Time
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| url = [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_769.pdf Link to paper]
| alt = The Nature of Time (placeholder cover)
| author = [[Lee Coe]]
| name = The Nature of Time
| keywords = [[Time]], [[Time-period]], [[Mass and Time]]
| author = [[Thomas Gold]]
| published = 1968
| language = English
| journal = [[American Journal of Physics]]
| subject = Philosophy of physics, arrow of time
| volume = [[37]]
| published = 1967
| number = [[8]]
| publisher = [[Cornell University Press]]
| num_pages = 6
| pages = 248
| pages = 810-815
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'''Read the full paper''' [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_769.pdf here]
'''''The Nature of Time''''' is a 1967 volume edited by the astrophysicist [[Thomas Gold]] (with the assistance of D. L. Schumacher), published by Cornell University Press.


==Abstract==
==Overview==


Though used with precision, time is often call a mystery.  The paradox is resolve by a theoretical conclusion: time is a general property of matter, described by the law that all isolated material changes occur (or would occur) in invariant ratios to each other.  The law of time is a corollary of the first law of thermodynamics.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]
The book reports on an interdisciplinary meeting held at Cornell University in 1963, convened by Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold, on the '''nature and direction of time'''. Physicists, astronomers, and philosophers discuss the origin of the thermodynamic "arrow of time," the relationship between the time asymmetry of physics and that of cosmology and the expanding universe, and the connection between the local and cosmological arrows of time. It remains a frequently cited collection on the problem of the direction of time.
 
==About the editor==
 
Thomas Gold (1920–2004) was an Austrian-born American astrophysicist, a polymath who made pioneering contributions to cosmology (as a co-author of the steady-state theory with Bondi and Hoyle), the theory of pulsars, and geophysics. He founded and long directed the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell.
 
==Publication details==
 
* '''Editor:''' [[Thomas Gold]] (with D. L. Schumacher)
* '''Publisher:''' [[Cornell University Press]]
* '''Published:''' 1967 (meeting 1963)
* '''Pages:''' 248
 
==Links to Purchase Book==
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Time-Thomas-Gold/dp/B0006BRAE2 The Nature of Time] (Amazon)
 
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 20 July 2026

The Nature of Time
The Nature of Time (placeholder cover)
AuthorThomas Gold
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy of physics, arrow of time
Published1967
PublisherCornell University Press
Pages248

The Nature of Time is a 1967 volume edited by the astrophysicist Thomas Gold (with the assistance of D. L. Schumacher), published by Cornell University Press.

Overview

The book reports on an interdisciplinary meeting held at Cornell University in 1963, convened by Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold, on the nature and direction of time. Physicists, astronomers, and philosophers discuss the origin of the thermodynamic "arrow of time," the relationship between the time asymmetry of physics and that of cosmology and the expanding universe, and the connection between the local and cosmological arrows of time. It remains a frequently cited collection on the problem of the direction of time.

About the editor

Thomas Gold (1920–2004) was an Austrian-born American astrophysicist, a polymath who made pioneering contributions to cosmology (as a co-author of the steady-state theory with Bondi and Hoyle), the theory of pulsars, and geophysics. He founded and long directed the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell.

Publication details

Links to Purchase Book