Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1161721 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The existence of a thermodynamic arrow of time in the present universe implies that the initial state of the observable portion of our universe at (or near) the “big bang” must have been very “special”. We argue that it is not plausible that these special initial conditions have a dynamical origin.
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Authors
Robert M. Wald,