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The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity
by
Stefan Klein
Have you ever fantasized about having more time-now, this minute, to accomplish everything you need and want to get done today? Or wondered why time flies when you are thoroughly engrossed in something? Or why minutes pass so slowly when yous unerring eye for the telling detail, Stefan Klein effortlessly combines original investigation and reportage, personal revelation, a...more
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published
November 16th 2007
by Da Capo Press
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Time is an intriguing concept. Yes, it is a concept or a human idea; I am not sure that time has an independent existence outside the minds of sentient beings. Time has no mass, dimension, color, taste, smell, or texture -- yet it permeates our life. We can describe it only indirectly, by metaphor: We can "save" time or "be out of" time, time "marches on" or "time flies." Stefan Klein, a German science writer, has written a rich book on this slippery su...more
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stephan klein, acclaimed german science writer, last looked at the nature of happiness and now focuses on time ---and do i ever love freeing myself from the tyranny of the clock! an ounce of gold is not worth a minute of time, as the chinese proverb goes
he looks at the physics of the mental time perception--you know, the 'flow' that occurs when we feel in control and completely present with our attention on the 'now'. the way past and future don't disturb us.
anybody who has...more
he looks at the physics of the mental time perception--you know, the 'flow' that occurs when we feel in control and completely present with our attention on the 'now'. the way past and future don't disturb us.
anybody who has...more
Written by a German dude. A little bit too involved and not enough entertaining. But I did learn about why when I wake up I feel a dreadful feeling of death in my soul. It's because my seratonin levels are way down and don't activate until I get up and move around. If any of you fell suicidal in the morning please get up. It will make you feel better.
This is a very, very cool book on time- how it is perceived by our consciousness. If you've ever wondered why the trip back seems to be shorter than the trip there, or why time seems to move faster the older you are. Nonfiction.
It was interesting I suppose, but didn't really contain anything new and I have read a lot of neurophysiology before and abstract science and philosophy so like I say there was nothing new here.
Enjoyable popular science that also manages to be a useable "how to" on managing time (which mostly involves how we perceive time).
Fenixbird SandS
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Thoroughly fascinating book about the brain's perception of time. Each chapter had at least one remarkable factoid, usually several. In fact, there was so much material from so many different disciplines and data sources, it's probably worth reading again just to absorb more. I came away with some solid guidelines for how to better spend your time and live a more fulfilling life. Highly recommended.
Very interesting, especially the bits about the research done into the areas of human time perception and the terrific lay explanations of Einstein's thought experiments on time/relativity. The self-help bits were a bit dopey, though.
I made it about a quarter way through this and the combination of translation, typos and maximum renewals reached at the library, caused me to put it down. Some interesting ideas and I'm hoping later editions will be better edited.
Contains some interesting theories on how we perceive time, and how that perception can be altered. What are the mechanisms we employ, often subconsciously, to gauge our passage through time?
Reading this has made me more interested in the topic, so I will be searching out more material that goes into a little more depth. This was a good book to start with on the topic.
Reading this has made me more interested in the topic, so I will be searching out more material that goes into a little more depth. This was a good book to start with on the topic.
excellent excellent read-- the topic lends itself to such a range, from relativity to neurology.
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