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Why are there morning people and night people? How come time flies when you’re having fun and three minutes can sometimes seem an eternity? Would time exist if we didn’t measure it – and why is there never enough of it?
Our modern lives are ruled by minutes and hours. We race from one thing to the next, all of us believing on some level that a mysterious cosmic force called ‘time’ is ticking on. And it’s always in short supply.
But is the time we live really like that? Could there in fact be another, alternative version, entwined with the official one? Here Stefan Klein explores the hidden dimensions of time, looking at everything from when the present becomes the past to the tribe that see the future backwards, from when sex is best to why the years seem to speed by as we age. And he reveals how we can learn to live in harmony with the secret clock within us, altering our perceptions to transform our lives.
To be enjoyed in the morning or the evening (depending on your body clock), this book will make you think the next time you check your watch – and maybe even slow down a little.
About the Author
Stefan Klein was born in Munich. He studied physics and philosophy at the universities of Munich and Grenoble and completed his PhD in biophysics in Freiburg. He has written for all of the large German-language newspapers and magazines. He was science editor of Der Spiegel from 1996-1999, and on-staff writer with GEO from 1999-2000. He is now a freelance writer in Berlin. He is considered one of the most influential science writers in German- speaking Europe. In 1998 he won the prestigious Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Scientific Journalism. His much-acclaimed slim volume The Diaries of Creation was published in 2000. His work The Science of Happiness has sold more than 300 000 copies in German alone since its release in 2002 and was translated into 24 languages.
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IT IS HARD to fathom how easily your customary sense of time can come apart at the seams until it happens to you, as I discovered when visiting a cave in the spring of 1996 at the invitation of Romanian scientists. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
IT IS HARD to fathom how easily your customary sense of time can come apart at the seams until it happens to you, as I discovered when visiting a cave in the spring of 1996 at the invitation of Romanian scientists. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best books I have read this year! Originally recommended in the FT weekend edition newspaper.
I was surprised at the level of scientific research that is referenced to his writing. Makes a big change then reading about views with no scientific rigour.
Very well structured and some brilliant pieces on Time and how to use it!
I was surprised at the level of scientific research that is referenced to his writing. Makes a big change then reading about views with no scientific rigour.
Very well structured and some brilliant pieces on Time and how to use it!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What more can I say?
Stefan Klein provides us with loads of fascinating facts and commentary based around time. It is not just about clock time but inner time, why time sometimes seems to go faster or slower, memory and how the mind works and ends with some simple self-help tips on how best to stop ourselves being ruled by the clock.
Results of scientific experiments and summaries of scientific papers are set out in such an accessible way that even non scientists like myself can understand what is being explained.
Anyone who enjoys reading for the sake of finding and being stimulated by new ideas will really appreciate this book.
Finally, congratulations to Penguin for the way they have bound and set out this book.
Stefan Klein provides us with loads of fascinating facts and commentary based around time. It is not just about clock time but inner time, why time sometimes seems to go faster or slower, memory and how the mind works and ends with some simple self-help tips on how best to stop ourselves being ruled by the clock.
Results of scientific experiments and summaries of scientific papers are set out in such an accessible way that even non scientists like myself can understand what is being explained.
Anyone who enjoys reading for the sake of finding and being stimulated by new ideas will really appreciate this book.
Finally, congratulations to Penguin for the way they have bound and set out this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Rather better than his book on the science of happiness - I found myself reading bits of this out aloud to my partner. Lots of interesting anecdotes, not too heavy with the science, and some useful practical advice. What more do you want?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Much like a soup dish
Like a soup dish this book is wide and shallow. Nothing is ever discussed in anything but the most cursory detail. The translation is poor, replete with grammatical errors. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2009 by Famousdog
Thought provoking and very well written.
I just finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. The subject matter is relevant for just about anyone and the quality of the information contained is outstanding. Read more
Published on 3 April 2009 by DJ
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