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A New View of Time

This article introduces Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time.

hen Lee Smolin’s book was re-launched to great fanfare at my home in 2015, it accelerated a discussion he and I had been having for years: What if we gathered together a group of creative, broad-thinking artists and scientists whose perspectives on time were directly reflected in their work? What an extraordinary opportunity that would be—to journey down the path of time hand-in-hand with

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