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Time asymmetry pervades our whole universe, from the time asymmetric decay of the neutral K-meson to the expansion of the cosmos (1). In classifying the various kinds of time asymmetry, Penrose [1979] lists as many as seven types, viz., time asymmetry in K0-meson decay, in quantum mechanical observations, in the general entropy increase, in the retardation of radiation, in psychological time, in the expansion of the universe and finally in black holes versus white holes. I shall briefly turn to each of them, whereafter I shall restrict myself to thermodynamical time asymmetry.
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Kroes, P. (1985). Thermodynamical Time Asymmetry and the Second Law of Phenomenological Thermodynamics. In: Time: Its Structure and Role in Physical Theories. Synthese Library, vol 179. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6522-5_4
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