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Everything you need to know about the greatest mystery in the universe. The Book of Time is a complete guide to one of the most important, paradoxical and truly mind-bending subjects there is. It explores every aspect of time, including how it works in the natural world and in our bodies, its significance in religion and philosophy, how we measure it and how it has been essential to our scientific understanding of the universe and everything in it. Five sections of insightful text, color photographs and sidebars call on social and political history, science, religion, philosophy, psychology, physics, astronomy, commerce and the natural world to explore time from different perspectives, such as: How time has been perceived through history, and why a minute can seem like an hour or an hour can seem like a second How our experience of time is linked to the natural world -- the sun, the moon, the tides, the seasons When, why and how humans organized time into calendars, time zones and other arbitrary categories How humans have measured time mechanically, from primitive water clocks and sundials to atomic clocks How time is central to our quest to understand the universe and everything in it, including time travel and other unsolved mysteries. Time can be billions of years or billionths of a second, but it is always passing ... Or is it? The Book of Time is a fascinating account of a universal mystery.

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Adam Hart-Davis has written an enthusiastic, accurate, nonmathematical discussion of time, intended for a general audience... An abundance of colorful illustrations support the text, aiding in the understanding of some of the more complex topics. Hart-Davis provides clear and accurate discussions of why humans needed to understand the progression of the seasons, why accurate clocks were critical to navigation on the world's oceans, and why the development of railroads required the standardization of time along the route... The Book of Time is a valuable reference that covers such a diversity of topics that interested readers are likely to be inspired to explore some of them in more detail.--George J. Flynn, State University of New York, Pla Science Books and Film (01/01/2013)

The book should appeal to readers who are approaching time as a big idea for the first time.--David Pitt Booklist (12/15/2011)

"Adam Hart-Davis has written an enthusiastic, accurate, nonmathematical discussion of time, intended for a general audience... An abundance of colorful illustrations support the text, aiding in the understanding of some of the more complex topics. Hart-Davis provides clear and accurate discussions of why humans needed to understand the progression of the seasons, why accurate clocks were critical to navigation on the world's oceans, and why the development of railroads required the standardization of time along the route... The Book of Time is a valuable reference that covers such a diversity of topics that interested readers are likely to be inspired to explore some of them in more detail.-- (01/01/2013) Best Books for Junior High and YA 2013--Science Books and Film (01/01/2014) Designed for the general reader and replete with illustrations (some pages are almost entirely taken up by visuals), the book tackles the concept of time from a variety of perspectives... Glossy and slickly done--but without succumbing to superficiality--the book should appeal to readers who are approaching time as a big idea for the first time.-- (12/15/2011) Fun and filled with splendid pictures.--C. A. Amantea""RALPH"" (08/01/2013) Excellent graphics, photos, and captivating information keep the readers interest throughout [and] will encourage readers to question and investigate further.--Elizabeth Hayward""National Science Teachers Association"" (07/25/2012)"

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"Adam Hart-Davis is a scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster, well-known for presenting the BBC television series ""Local Heroes"" and ""What the Romans Did for Us"" (and spinoff series on the Victorians, the Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Ancients). He was also a co-presenter of ""Tomorrow's World"", and presented ""Science Shack"". His most recent book is Science: The Definitive Visual History (Dorling Kindersley)."

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