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About Time
From Sun Dials to Quantum Clocks, How the Cosmos Shapes our Lives - And We Shape the Cosmos
By Adam Frank
Published by Oneworld Publications
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
From Stonehenge to beyond the Big Bang, an exhilarating scientific exploration of how we make time
From a Palaeolithic farmer living by the sun and stone plinths to the factory worker logging into an industrial punch clock to the modern manager enslaved to Outlook's 15-minute increments, our relationship with time has constantly evolved alongside our scientific understanding of the universe. And the latest advances in physics - string-theory branes, multiverses, "clockless" physics - are positioned to completely rewrite time in the coming years. Weaving cosmology with day-to-day chronicles and a lively wit, astrophysicist Adam Frank tells the dazzling story of humanity's invention of time and how we will experience it in the future.
From a Palaeolithic farmer living by the sun and stone plinths to the factory worker logging into an industrial punch clock to the modern manager enslaved to Outlook's 15-minute increments, our relationship with time has constantly evolved alongside our scientific understanding of the universe. And the latest advances in physics - string-theory branes, multiverses, "clockless" physics - are positioned to completely rewrite time in the coming years. Weaving cosmology with day-to-day chronicles and a lively wit, astrophysicist Adam Frank tells the dazzling story of humanity's invention of time and how we will experience it in the future.
Product Details
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications (March 1, 2012)
- Length: 432 pages
- ISBN13: 9781780740607
Raves and Reviews
"Beyond exploring mind-bending theories… Frank's book is a fascinating and comprehensive survey of how technology — from farming to railways to telegraphy to the internet — has changed our everyday concept of time… Compelling." Marcus Chown
– New Scientist
“A phenomenal blend of science and cultural history.” Starred review.
– Kirkus Reviews
"This will fascinate anyone curious about the nexus of astronomy and history and, of course, time. Recommended."
– Library Journal
“Eloquent.”
– Nature
“Frank is excellent at showing how our ideas of human and cosmic time have evolved hand in hand … Fascinating and compelling.”
– Marcus Chown - New Scientist
“A rich and inspiring tour through some of the biggest ideas that have ever been thought.”
– Sean Carroll
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