Time and beauty are two of our most visceral perceptions. Yet,
their nature is seldom questioned. In this ground-breaking new
work, Adrian Bejan - a true 'original' among physicists - explains,
in a scholarly yet colorful style, the scientific basis for the
perception of time and beauty.Organized into three main ideas, the
book begins first with the perception of time. The author expounds
on why we feel that time flies faster as we get older. Perceived
time, also called 'mind time,' is different from clock time. In
this context, time is another word for 'perceived change'. Next,
readers will discover that beauty is appealing because
beautifully-shaped images are scanned faster by two eyes. To
observe our immediate surroundings and to understand them faster is
highly advantageous to survival; hence, there is an underlying
evolutionary advantage to our discernment for ideal ratios, shapes,
and beauty at large. Finally, time and beauty are jointly
understood to explain why the global pandemic had decelerated our
mind time. This understanding arms us with techniques to slow down
our mind time (which accelerates with age), and to create the
conditions for living longer and more creatively.Scientists may
have contemplated aspects of time and beauty separately. In
contrast, the author submits an original and rewarding approach to
understanding them together. In the process, key questions to our
cognition are answered. Why does the mind 'try' to make sense of a
new mental image? Why is there a natural tendency to organize a new
input and mentally position it among past perceptions? Through
physics, the book offers a general answer: to empower the
individual with speed and clarity of thought, understanding,
decision-making and movement. The same answer holds for the other
disparate perceptions illustrated in this book, from time and
beauty to ideas, message, shape, perspective, art, science,
illusions, and dreams.
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