For a technical scientific term, entropy is pretty popular. I mean, it was the title of an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after all. Search the Internet for “entropy” quotes and you’ll find them ...

We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole new model to account for gravity’s influence.

Taken from the January 2022 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "The twin streams of time". Sidney Perkowitz reviews The Janus Point: a New Theory of Time by Julian ...

Graduate seminar, Fall 2008. Open to graduate students only. Adam Elga (follow link for contact information, office hour). Class meeting time: Mondays 10:00am-12:50pm. Location: Marx Hall 201 Seminar ...

Your location in this Universe isn't just described by spatial coordinates (where), but also by a time coordinate (when). It is impossible to move from one spatial location to another without also ...

Time series analysis forms an essential part of modern data science by examining sequential data to unravel the underlying dynamics of complex systems. In particular, entropy-based measures quantify ...

Imagine if a cold cup of coffee spontaneously heated up as you watched. Or a cracked pane of glass suddenly un-broke. According to physicist Lorenzo Maccone at the Massachusetts Institute of ...