time , sequential arrangement of all events

time, sequential arrangement of all events, or the interval between two events in such a sequence. The concept of time may be discussed on several different levels: physical, psychological, philosophical and scientific, and biological.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Biological Time
• Time Reversal Invariance
• Relativistic Time
• Philosophy and Science of Time
• Psychology of Time
• Physical Time and Its Measurement
• Bibliography

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