Time's Arrow

Time's Arrow

Time's Arrow may refer to:

* Arrow of time, a direction of time on a four-dimensional relativistic map of the world
* "Time's Arrow", a novel by Martin Amis
* "Time's Arrow", a short story by Arthur C. Clarke
* "Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle", a book by Stephen Jay Gould
* , a two-part episode of ""


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  • Time's Arrow (short story) — Time s Arrow is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1952.This is the story of a human visit to time when dinosaurs still roamed earth, in a time machine. Probably accidentally, as hinted towards the end of the story …   Wikipedia

  • Time's Arrow (novel) — infobox Book | name = Time s Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence orig title = translator = author = Martin Amis cover artist = country = England language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Jonathan Cape release date = 1991 media type =… …   Wikipedia

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