A tour of clocks throughout the centuries-from the sandglass to the
telomere-to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of
time What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers,
mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does
time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory,
anticipation, and sleep cycles? Award-winning author and
mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how
the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and
offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within
us. Our cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by
environmental cues in sync with patterns of social interaction.
Readers learn that, as a consequence of time's personal nature, a
forty-eight-hour journey on the space shuttle can feel shorter than
a six-hour trip on the Soyuz capsule, that the Amondawa of the
Amazon do not have ages, and that time speeds up with fever and
slows down when we feel in danger. With a narrative punctuated by
personal stories of time's effects on truck drivers, Olympic
racers, prisoners, and clockmakers, Mazur's journey is filled with
fascinating insights into how our technologies, our bodies, and our
attitudes can change our perceptions. Ultimately, time reveals
itself as something that rides on the rhythms of our minds. The
Clock Mirage presents an innovative perspective that will force us
to rethink our relationship with time, and how best to use it.
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