On Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:34 PM Robert Owen rowen@technologist.com
wrote:
> This item really caught my attention:
>
> Speculation about the nature of time has long been the
> domain of philosphers: Physicists dared not approach.
> Physicist Julian Barber suggests that time is an artifact of
> the arrangement of matter.
>
> http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/barbour/barbour_index.html
Have yet to read the talk, but one preliminary comment, physicists from at least Isaac Newton's time have speculated about the nature of time. Thus, it has hardly been the monopoly of philosophers.:)
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://mars.superlink.net/neptune/