I shall use the phrase "time's arrow" to express this one way… — Arthur Eddington · Skopia

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I shall use the phrase "time's arrow" to express this one way property of time which has no analogue in space.

Arthur Eddington

1928

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Eddington, Arthur. "The Nature Of The Physical World." Gifford lecture. January – March 1927, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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