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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd (3 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1848310013
  • ISBN-13: 978-1848310018
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,413 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.'

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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.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating and extremely readable , 4 Aug 2007
This review is from: Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it (Hardcover)
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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67 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Breakfast tv made me buy this book, 10 Aug 2007
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This review is from: Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it (Hardcover)
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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79 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
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
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great tips on how to get more out of life!
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