time reversal: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	time inversion

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time-reversal invariance time CPT symmetry time perception 22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered dynamical time parity time dilation geologic time week month day solar time

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Cronin, James Watson

James Watson Cronin

American physicist

Fitch, Val Logsdon

Val Logsdon Fitch

American physicist

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

Physics and Natural Law

Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.

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