"Novikov self-consistency principle" meaning in All languages combined

See Novikov self-consistency principle on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Developed by Russian physicist Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov in the mid-1980s. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Novikov self-consistency principle
  1. (physics) A conjecture asserting that it is impossible to create paradoxes by time travel because the past cannot be changed. Wikipedia link: Novikov self-consistency principle Categories (topical): Physics, Time travel
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