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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Signed
- No
- Features
- complete, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Ex Libris
- No
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Illustrator
- unknown
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780312374785
- Book Title
- In Search of Time : the Science of a Curious Dimension
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Time, History
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Time surrounds us. It defines our experience of the world; it echoes through our every waking hour. Time is the very foundation of conscious experience. Yet as familiar as it is, time is also deeply mysterious. We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch it. Yet we do feel it-or at least we think we feel it. No wonder poets, writers, philosophers, and scientists have grappled with time for centuries. In his latest book, award-winning science writer Dan Falk chronicles the story of how humans have come to understand time over the millennia, and by drawing from the latest research in physics, psychology, and other fields, Falk shows how that understanding continues to evolve. In Search of Time begins with our earliest ancestors' perception of time and the discoveries that led-with much effort-to the Gregorian calendar, atomic clocks, and "leap seconds." Falk examines the workings of memory, the brain's remarkable "bridge across time," and asks whether humans are unique in their ability to recall the past and imagine the future. He explores the possibility of time travel, and the paradoxes it seems to entail. Falk looks at the quest to comprehend the beginning of time and how time-and the universe-may end. Finally, he examines the puzzle of time's "flow," and the remarkable possibility that the passage of time may be an illusion. Entertaining, illuminating, and ultimately thought provoking, In Search of Time reveals what some of our most insightful thinkers have had to say about time, from Aristotle to Kant, from Newton to Einstein, and continuing with the brightest minds of today.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
031237478x
ISBN-13
9780312374785
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038268562
Product Key Features
Book Title
In Search of Time : the Science of a Curious Dimension
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Time, History
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qb209.F35 2009
Reviews
"Falk displays a deft touch with both temporal history and experimentation." Toronto Star "In this thoroughly readable, broad-sweeping and thought-provoking book, Falk surveys humanity's attempts to record and understand time, and poses some fascinating questions." New Scientist magazine "An engaging writer who fearlessly tackles potentially brain-freezing topics." San Francisco Chronicle "Falk's book is what Hawking's Brief History should have been."- Ottawa Citizen "Dan Falk is a riveting writer: his latest book is almost unputdownable. He covers an eclectic range of fascinating topics-from prehistory to the far future. Time is a mysterious commodity: we gain, spend, save, and lose it. But everyone should make enough time to read In Search of Time ."- Martin J. Rees, author of Just Six Numbers and Our Final Hour "Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ('Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second') and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries of memory and the behavior of birds at breakfast time." Publishers Weekly (starred review) PRAISE FOR UNIVERSE ON A T-SHIRT: "Mixing simple explanation and personal profiles with touches of philosophy and whimsy, T-Shirt gives a highly accessible introduction to some tough and important physics." -American Scientist "Crisply written, well researched." -Sky & Telescope "[Falk] has a wonderful gift for finding helpful analogies and for writing about science in a way that is accessible without sounding dumbed down." -Booklist "Falk endorses the idea that the best hope for a so-called theory of everything is in string theory, a difficult area of science that Falk nevertheless deftly unravels for the uninitiated." -Science News "Falk delivers a readable, entertaining, and fresh take on the subject. Most significant, he has achieved something original: more cleverly and cleanly than anything I can recall reading, the book itself unifies the story of the search for unifying principles in science." -The Globe and Mail, *starred review* Beginning with a 5000-year-old tomb in Drogheda, Ireland, illuminated only at the winter solstice, science writer Falk asks the question,"What is time'... the stuff that flows... [or] a dimension, like space?" Falk (Universe on a T-Shirt) explores the origins of calendar time, from primitive astronomical observatories to the precision clocks of today. Though the movement of the heavens provided the basis for years, months, days and even the seven-day week, it wasn't until the Catholic Church needed to date important events like Easter that reconciling the lunar and solar calendars became a major concern; as such, the Church became "one of the strongest supporters of precision astronomy and timekeeping." Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ("Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second") and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries, *starred review* Beginning with a 5000-year-old tomb in Drogheda, Ireland, illuminated only at the winter solstice, science writer Falk asks the question,"What is time'... the stuff that flows… [or] a dimension, like space?" Falk (Universe on a T-Shirt) explores the origins of calendar time, from primitive astronomical observatories to the precision clocks of today. Though the movement of the heavens provided the basis for years, months, days and even the seven-day week, it wasn't until the Catholic Church needed to date important events like Easter that reconciling the lunar and solar calendars became a major concern; as such, the Church became "one of the strongest supporters of precision astronomy and timekeeping." Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ("Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second") and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries, "Dan Falk is a riveting writer: his latest book is almost unputdownable. He covers an eclectic range of fascinating topics-from prehistory to the far future. Time is a mysterious commodity: we gain, spend, save, and lose it. But everyone should make enough time to read In Search of Time." -Martin J. Rees, author of Just Six Numbers and Our Final Hour "Mixing simple explanation and personal profiles with touches of philosophy and whimsy, T-Shirt gives a highly accessible introduction to some tough and important physics." -American Scientist "Crisply written, well researched." -Sky & Telescope "[Falk] has a wonderful gift for finding helpful analogies and for writing about science in a way that is accessible without sounding dumbed down." -Booklist "Falk endorses the idea that the best hope for a so-called theory of everything is in string theory, a difficult area of science that Falk nevertheless deftly unravels for the uninitiated." -Science News "Falk delivers a readable, entertaining, and fresh take on the subject. Most significant, he has achieved something original: more cleverly and cleanly than anything I can recall reading, the book itself unifies the story of the search for unifying principles in science." -The Globe and Mail, *starred review* Beginning with a 5000-year-old tomb in Drogheda, Ireland, illuminated only at the winter solstice, science writer Falk asks the question,"What is time'... the stuff that flows. [or] a dimension, like space?" Falk (Universe on a T-Shirt) explores the origins of calendar time, from primitive astronomical observatories to the precision clocks of today. Though the movement of the heavens provided the basis for years, months, days and even the seven-day week, it wasn''t until the Catholic Church needed to date important events like Easter that reconciling the lunar and solar calendars became a major concern; as such, the Church became "one of the strongest supporters of precision astronomy and timekeeping." Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ("Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second") and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries of memory and the behavior of birds at breakfast time. Rounding out his multi-course feast, Falk contrasts Newton's notion of "[a]bsolute, true, and mathematical" time with Einstein's final words in 1955, "the distinction of past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion," to present modern speculations on black holes and the universe''s future. (Oct.), "Falk's book is what Hawking'sBrief Historyshould have been."--The Ottawa Citizen"Dan Falk is a riveting writer: his latest book is almost unputdownable. He covers an eclectic range of fascinating topics-from prehistory to the far future. Time is a mysterious commodity: we gain, spend, save, and lose it. But everyone should make enough time to read In Search of Time." -Martin J. Rees, author ofJust Six NumbersandOur Final HourPRAISE FOR UNIVERSE ON A T-SHIRT: "Mixing simple explanation and personal profiles with touches of philosophy and whimsy, T-Shirt gives a highly accessible introduction to some tough and important physics." -American Scientist "Crisply written, well researched." -Sky & Telescope "[Falk] has a wonderful gift for finding helpful analogies and for writing about science in a way that is accessible without sounding dumbed down." -Booklist "Falk endorses the idea that the best hope for a so-called theory of everything is in string theory, a difficult area of science that Falk nevertheless deftly unravels for the uninitiated." -Science News "Falk delivers a readable, entertaining, and fresh take on the subject. Most significant, he has achieved something original: more cleverly and cleanly than anything I can recall reading, the book itself unifies the story of the search for unifying principles in science." -The Globe and Mail, "Falk displays a deft touch with both temporal history and experimentation." TorontoStar"In this thoroughly readable, broad-sweeping and thought-provoking book, Falk surveys humanity's attempts to record and understand time, and poses some fascinating questions." New Scientistmagazine"An engaging writer who fearlessly tackles potentially brain-freezing topics." San FranciscoChronicle"Falk's book is what Hawking'sBrief Historyshould have been."-OttawaCitizen "Dan Falk is a riveting writer: his latest book is almost unputdownable. He covers an eclectic range of fascinating topics-from prehistory to the far future. Time is a mysterious commodity: we gain, spend, save, and lose it. But everyone should make enough time to readIn Search of Time."-Martin J. Rees, author ofJust Six NumbersandOur Final Hour"Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ('Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second') and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries of memory and the behavior of birds at breakfast time." Publishers Weekly(starred review)PRAISE FOR UNIVERSE ON A T-SHIRT: "Mixing simple explanation and personal profiles with touches of philosophy and whimsy, T-Shirt gives a highly accessible introduction to some tough and important physics." -American Scientist "Crisply written, well researched." -Sky & Telescope "[Falk] has a wonderful gift for finding helpful analogies and for writing about science in a way that is accessible without sounding dumbed down." -Booklist "Falk endorses the idea that the best hope for a so-called theory of everything is in string theory, a difficult area of science that Falk nevertheless deftly unravels for the uninitiated." -Science News "Falk delivers a readable, entertaining, and fresh take on the subject. Most significant, he has achieved something original: more cleverly and cleanly than anything I can recall reading, the book itself unifies the story of the search for unifying principles in science." -The Globe and Mail, "Falk displays a deft touch with both temporal history and experimentation." Toronto Star "In this thoroughly readable, broad-sweeping and thought-provoking book, Falk surveys humanity's attempts to record and understand time, and poses some fascinating questions." New Scientist magazine "An engaging writer who fearlessly tackles potentially brain-freezing topics." San Francisco Chronicle "Falk's book is what Hawking's Brief History should have been."- Ottawa Citizen "Dan Falk is a riveting writer: his latest book is almost unputdownable. He covers an eclectic range of fascinating topics-from prehistory to the far future. Time is a mysterious commodity: we gain, spend, save, and lose it. But everyone should make enough time to read In Search of Time ."- Martin J. Rees, author of Just Six Numbers and Our Final Hour "Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ('Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second') and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries of memory and the behavior of birds at breakfast time." Publishers Weekly (starred review) PRAISE FOR UNIVERSE ON A T-SHIRT: "Mixing simple explanation and personal profiles with touches of philosophy and whimsy, T-Shirt gives a highly accessible introduction to some tough and important physics." -American Scientist "Crisply written, well researched." -Sky & Telescope "[Falk] has a wonderful gift for finding helpful analogies and for writing about science in a way that is accessible without sounding dumbed down." -Booklist "Falk endorses the idea that the best hope for a so-called theory of everything is in string theory, a difficult area of science that Falk nevertheless deftly unravels for the uninitiated." -Science News "Falk delivers a readable, entertaining, and fresh take on the subject. Most significant, he has achieved something original: more cleverly and cleanly than anything I can recall reading, the book itself unifies the story of the search for unifying principles in science." -The Globe and Mail
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-024875
Dewey Decimal
304.2/37 22
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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