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Measuring time

We can detect the passing of time as the Sun moves across the sky, and long ago measuring time this way was good enough. Over the ages, however, we have invented much more accurate ways of measuring time. Carol Tear explores some of these methods

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What is time? This ThoughtCo site explores the concept, briefly discussing thermodynamics, entropy and relativity:

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-time-4156799

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