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It seems to be extremely difficult to give a precise definition of Time, this mysterious ingredient of the Universe. Intuitively, we have the notion of time as something that flows. Ancient religions have registered it as something unusual, and many myths are built into their dogmas.
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Lobo, F., Crawford, P. (2003). Time, Closed Timelike Curves and Causality. In: Buccheri, R., Saniga, M., Stuckey, W.M. (eds) The Nature of Time: Geometry, Physics and Perception. NATO Science Series, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0155-7_30
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