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Ask someone ""What time is it?"" and the response will be without hesitation. However, ask ""What is time?"" and you will get a different response. The answer to this question and others, such as ""What is the true nature of space?"" are presented by the author in an understandable manner for the non-specialist. The common meanings and usage of the words time and space are considered, then reconsidered from a deeper more formal, yet understandable, perspective. Put another way, space and time are considered, and then reconsidered to show that these common notions about time and space are possibly wrong and that new ways of thinking about time are possible, desirable, and even necessary. Current knowledge of the vastness of the universe and the unexpected strangeness of the micro-world as revealed by quantum theory require that we rethink some of our most strongly held beliefs. We need to remember that many of our beliefs originated thousands of years ago, in the setting of a small universe, and where earth was the center of that universe. Although modern cosmology has many questionable notions, enough of it is established to the point where rethinking our place in the universe is both desirable and necessary. As this work progresses, it becomes increasingly conceptual and speculative. In this way, the author opens new doors into our world, which provides enrichment and a greater appreciation for the complexity and wonder of our world and that some things that now seem complex will be simplified and some things that seem simple will become more complex. Portions of this book may be common knowledge to some, new and novel to some, and, possibly, completely absurd to some. Of course, the same reader could have all three experiences.

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