WHY TIME FLIES
WHY TIME FLIES "An insightful meditation on the curious nature of time...A highly illuminating intellectual investigation" (Kirkus Reviews) explaining the sometimes contradictory ways we experience…
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WHY TIME FLIES
"An insightful meditation on the curious nature of time...A highly illuminating intellectual investigation" (Kirkus Reviews) explaining the sometimes contradictory ways we experience time. But what is time, exactly? "Time" is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it's always on our minds and it advances through every living moment.
Why does it seem to slow down when we're bored and speed by as we get older? Do children experience it the same way adults do? How and why does time fly?
"Erudite and informative, a joy with many small treasures" (Science), this witty and meditative exploration by award-winning author and New Yorker staff writer Alan Burdick--"one of the finest science writers at work today, with an uncanny ability to explain knotty topics, with humanity, and humor" (Publishers Weekly, staff pick, best books of 2016)--takes