The clock mirage : our myth of measured time
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020].
ISBN
0300229321, 9780300229325
Physical Desc
xiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Providence Public - Level 1 Book Stacks | 529 M476 2020 | On Shelf |
Tiverton Public - Adult Non-Fiction | 529 MAZ | On Shelf |
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0300229321, 9780300229325
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles?0Award-winning author and mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within us. Our cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by environmental cues in sync with patterns of social interaction. Readers learn that, as a consequence of time's personal nature, a forty-eight-hour journey on the Space Shuttle can feel shorter than a six-hour trip on the Soyuz capsule, that the Amondawa of the Amazon do not have ages, and that time speeds up with fever and slows down when we feel in danger. 0With a narrative punctuated by personal stories of time's effects on truck drivers, Olympic racers, prisoners, and clockmakers, Mazur's journey is filled with fascinating insights into how our technologies, our bodies, and our attitudes can change our perceptions. Ultimately, time reveals itself as something that rides on the rhythms of our minds. 'The Clock Mirage' presents an innovative perspective that will force us to rethink our relationship with time, and how best to use it.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mazur, J. (2020). The clock mirage: our myth of measured time . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mazur, Joseph. 2020. The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mazur, Joseph. The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time Yale University Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mazur, Joseph. The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time Yale University Press, 2020.
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