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Why Time FliesA Mostly Scientific Investigation

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• A witty, surprising, often moving and always insightful work of scientific writing that will ensure you never look at a clock the same way again
• Combining philosophy, investigative journalism, cultural critique and personal memoir, Why Times Flies is a powerful attempt to reckon with a deceptively simple question: ‘What is time?’
• Framed by his own shifting experience of time following the birth of his twin sons, Burdick's work also draws on bright minds from philosophy, religion, neurobiology, psychology and other fields, both ancient and modern, to comprehend mankind’s curious relationship with time
• Burdick visits ancient historical sites, cutting edge scientific laboratories and even the Arctic Circle to investigate concepts such as jet lag, time management, internal clocks and that creeping sense that time seems to speed up as we age
• Accessible and highly readable, Why Time Flies will appeal to fans of Norman Doidge, Jon Ronson, Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Pink
• Alan Burdick is a National Book Award finalist and science staff writer at the New Yorker

Genre: Science
Format: Paperback
Published: 2017
Pages: 320
Publisher: Text Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781925603064

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