Time Travel and the Reality of Spontaneity∗
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Contrary to the informed consensus, time travel implies spontaneity (as distinct from chance) so that time travel can only be of the second kind. ∗A preliminary version of this paper was presented at a Seminar on ‘Reality in Physics and Philosophy,’ S. N. Bose National Centre for the Basic Sciences, Calcutta, 24-25 Feb 1996. †Present address: Centre for Computer Science, MCRP University, 222 M. P. Nagar Zone 1, Bhopal 462 011. Home: Tel/Fax: +91-755-5235-421, Work: Tel: +91-755-2768274 Fax: +91-755-5294-448
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تاریخ انتشار 2005