Time's Arrow (short story)

"Time's Arrow"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science-fiction
Publication
Published inScience Fantasy
Publication typeMagazine
Publication date1950

"Time's Arrow" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1950 in the first issue of the magazine Science Fantasy. The story revolves about the unintended consequences of using time travel to study dinosaurs.

The story was included in the 2005 anthology The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century. The title matches Sir Arthur Eddington's second law of thermodynamics.[1]

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