Why the Game Clock Only Goes Forward

ORAL

Abstract

The laws of physics are indifferent to time going in reverse, while referees are not. The one exception, the 2nd law of thermodynamics, needs the asymmetry put in by hand. This segment of the community access TV show ``The Stand-Up Physicist'' explains why there is an arrow to spacetime. Briefly, the space part of spacetime gives spacetime reversal a handedness.

Authors

  • Douglas Sweetser

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