The Discovery of Time

by Stuart McCready (Editor)

An accessible text telling the story of how man understands his position in the universe and how this led to astonishing speculation about the nature of time. Scientists, historians and philosophers explain the many different approaches humans have taken to approaching time throughout the world. Softcover. Time.

Genres: Science, History, Nonfiction

256 pages

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Stephen Sorensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has beautiful color images all throughout it and it has a great mix of authors, including the renowned Robert Hannah.

I think it’s written in somewhat of a textbook style for a general audience. It includes an range of knowledge pertaining to time, like natural rhythms and calendrical constructs.

It has no footnotes or endnotes, and it lacks a bibliography or recommended reading.

There were no major red flags on my read through.

[Lis · Rating 4 out of 5]

i had this book for years before reading it. it helps answer questions about time, how our measurements of time came about and how they differ between cultures. each chapter is a different topic with different authors. everything from calendars past and present, to how the first clock was made, to how our biological clocks function, explained more through experiments on flowers than on humans for obvious practical reasons. I learned practical things, such as how to cure jet lag by turning on every light in the house when i need to be awake, and shutting them all off when i should be asleep. i also learned curious things, such as explanations as to why time seems to slow down when things such as a car accident occur, or how we measure time by change and how this causes our perception of time to alter as we get older.

[Sylvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome! It breaks down how time as we know it came to be.