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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...positron (the antiparticle associated with the electron) can be considered to be an electron going backward in time. Thus, if we create an electron-positron pair and the positron later annihilates in a collision with another, different electron, we could view this as a single electron executing a zigzag, N-shaped path through time: forward in time as an electron, then backward in time as a positron, then forward in time again as an electron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Travel Back (Or Forward) In Time? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

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