Irreversibility and time's arrow

Dialectica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-258

  Landsberg, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0004775921     PISSN: 00122017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.1996.tb00012.x     Document Type: Review

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