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Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it (Hardcover)

by Steve Taylor (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd (2 Aug 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1840468262
ISBN-13: 978-1840468267
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 188,281 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Independent, July 2008
'Provocative and freewheeling... this book will really start you thinking about how you can try to be free.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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'Provocative and freewheeling, wilfully unscientific without ever dabbling in pseudoscience, this book will really start you thinking about how you can try to be free.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating and extremely readable , 4 Aug 2007

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I did read this book very quickly but it felt like very little time passed while I was reading and now I understand why. As the book points out, absorption makes our experience of time seem to contract. While I was reading I recognised so many experiences from my own life and found myself continually in agreement. The author puts forward a very coherent theory which explains the different perceptions of time we experience in a variety of situations. As such it is extremely thought-provoking and plausible. Later the theories becomes more speculative but still plausible and stimulating, dealing with different states of consciousness and unusual experiences of time slowing down or disappearing. All the way through, even when dealing with quite complicated ideas the book is always very easy to read. You're carried along with the energy of the writing and the enthusiasm for ideas. At the end I feel inspired to try to live my live in a different way, making more time for new experience and trying to live in the present and appreciate each moment.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breakfast tv made me buy this book, 10 Aug 2007

By	M. Sullivan "Train driver" (Ulverston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I saw the author on BBC Breakfast whilst eating my cornflakes a couple of days ago. The issues he was talking about seemed interesting but accessible to a non-scientist, non-clever-person like me. And yes, it's a very enjoyable read. Simply laid out with each chapter taking you through to another level of how time can be stretched and shrunk depending on your perception and your circumstances. It's a simple idea well explained, illustrated with episodes from Mr Taylor's own life (as well as famous sports stars etc) that make the more clever-er concepts easier to understand. I'd recommend it. Weirdly, it made a train journey go extremely quickly. Which has to be a good thing!

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5.0 out of 5 stars candidate for the book of the year, 17 Aug 2007

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This book is full of fascinating insights into why we experience the world the way we do, and in particular the way we experience different perceptions of time. It's one of those books which makes you look at familiar things in a new and fresh light. In particular, I was impressed with the section on time in different cultures, that explains why many indigenous peoples don't have any concept of time or any past or future tenses. Oh to live in one of those timeless cultures! But the book does describe how we can become less focused on time, and even transcend it to some extent. A very absorbing and even life-changing book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Time and rich experience
I enjoyed this book, which maintains that it is time as we experience it that matters, rather than clock, or external, time. Read more

Published 9 days ago by Stephen Davies

3.0 out of 5 stars A Brief History of (our perception of) Time
"Wilfully unscientific without ever dabbling into pseudoscience" claims the Independent's byline adorning the front cover. For much of the book, I suppose that's accurate. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Motivational in way I didn't expect
My wife bought this for me; I guess she thinks that I rush around a great deal shouting, "where has all the time gone?". Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely NOT a time waster!
Discover the five `Laws of Psychological Time', which explain why it is that time does not seem to run as `regular as clockwork'. Read more

Published 2 months ago by D. Waite

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but concentrated on the wrong bits
This is a well written book on a very interesting (and neglected) topic.
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Published 3 months ago by A. I. Mackenzie

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic insights
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Published 4 months ago by Janie

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tips on how to get more out of life!
Great tips on how to get more out of life rather than complain that time is speeding up and life is slipping you by. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fuzzy logic
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very nearly a five start
I have been fascinated with passing time (if it does pass) and how our(my?) perception of it fluctuates. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Roger D. Hyam

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