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Author: Sarah Norgate (Professor, University of Salford)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9780231140089
ISBN 10: 0231140088
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 December 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
Very readable and intriguing. Hawke's Bay Today 4/25/06 This informative first book by Sarah Norgate, a psychologist, looks at how we relate to the fourth dimension, from the millisecond precision of a tennis player returning a serve to the personal narratives we each build... An agreeable blend of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and anthropology. The Independent Fascinating... The message here is the wise use of time for work, life and sleep. Times Educational Supplement In Beyond 9 to 5 Sarah Norgate investigates everything from how we perceive time to how long we've got on Earth to enjoy it... [She] raises some interesting questions. New Scientist Rich in intelligently contrasted and contextualized data, Norgate's academic study skillfully captures how world communities differ in their relationship to time. Publishers Weekly 10/16/2006 Thought-provoking. -- Susan Salter Reynolds Los Angeles Times 12/17/2006
Very readable and intriguing. -- Hawke's Bay Today This informative first book by Sarah Norgate, a psychologist, looks at how we relate to the fourth dimension, from the millisecond precision of a tennis player returning a serve to the personal narratives we each build... An agreeable blend of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and anthropology. -- The Independent Fascinating... The message here is the wise use of time for work, life and sleep. -- Times Educational Supplement In Beyond 9 to 5 Sarah Norgate investigates everything from how we perceive time to how long we've got on Earth to enjoy it... [She] raises some interesting questions. -- New Scientist Rich in intelligently contrasted and contextualized data, Norgate's academic study skillfully captures how world communities differ in their relationship to time. -- Publishers Weekly Thought-provoking. -- Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
Very readable and intriguing. -- Hawke's Bay Today This informative first book by Sarah Norgate, a psychologist, looks at how we relate to the fourth dimension, from the millisecond precision of a tennis player returning a serve to the personal narratives we each build... An agreeable blend of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and anthropology. -- The Independent Fascinating... The message here is the wise use of time for work, life and sleep. -- Times Educational Supplement In Beyond 9 to 5 Sarah Norgate investigates everything from how we perceive time to how long we've got on Earth to enjoy it... [She] raises some interesting questions. -- New Scientist Rich in intelligently contrasted and contextualized data, Norgate's academic study skillfully captures how world communities differ in their relationship to time. -- Publishers Weekly Thought-provoking. -- Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
Author Information
Sarah Norgate is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Salford, U.K. In 2004 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to study the psychosocial practices used in the care of children with eye cancer in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Paris.
