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Why Time Flies
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation | Alan Burdick
Time is the most commonly used noun in the English language; its always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when were bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this witty and meditative exploration, award-winning author and New Yorker staff writer Alan Burdick takes readers on a personal quest to understand how time gets in us and why we perceive it the way we do. In the company of scientists, he visits the most accurate clock in the world (which exists only on paper); discovers that now actually happened a split-second ago; finds a twenty-fifth hour in the day; lives in the Arctic to lose all sense of time; and, for one fleeting moment in a neuroscientists lab, even makes time go backward. Why Time Flies is an instant classic, a vivid and intimate examination of the clocks that tick inside us all.
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BillAicher
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Now reading. Such a fascinating exploration of a subjective, indefinable yet constant aspect of reality.

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ptkpepe98
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#25inFive @Andrew65

A little under an hour remains, but I managed to get in 18 hours and 56 minutes so far. I just had to do that pesky work thing, darn it! Great challenge.

Finished "American Heiress," "Secret Life of Souls," started "The First Wife," "The Old Sex Symphony," "White Privilege...Post-Racial Society," "In an Empty Room," and continued "The Haunted." Some audio, some e, and one print.

Andrew65 Congratulations on a great total, thanks for taking part. 🥂🎉🍾💐🎈😊 6y
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ptkpepe98
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I didn't get my 5 in today, but hope to make it up tomorrow. Listened to "American Heiress" while doing laundry and making dinner. Read a little of "The Haunted," but mostly read "The Secret Life of Souls," which is consistently unexpected.

#25inFive @Andrew65

Andrew65 Still a good total over the three days. 👏 6y
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ptkpepe98
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#LitsyHappenings #25infive

Time flies because I'm reading.
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Andrew65 You‘re ahead of me, I‘m on 2hrs 13 minutes. A great start! 👏 6y
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Danellender
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Those clocks that give the exact,official time in some laboratory somewhere on the planet? They don‘t exist!

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UrsulaMonarch
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I don't even know how many times I checked this ebook out of the library, but I just can't finish it. It has some really interesting tidbits, but I found some parts too shallow & some too deep. I could never get into it.

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Flaneurette
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Took the kids to the library and checked out a bunch of books- yeah I don't know what I was thinking

saresmoore It looks like maybe you were thinking, "Ooh, this sounds weird & unsettling!" Haha! 7y
saresmoore Why Time Flies sounds fascinating! I'm interested to know if you end up reading/liking it. 7y
Eggs I understand. I do the same thing 7y
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Zelma I loved Every Anxious Wave! 👍💕 7y
ReadingEnvy Where will you start? 7y
Flaneurette @Zelma good to know! It seems a little under the radar 7y
Flaneurette @ReadingEnvy I may try speed dating and see what grabs me per your method! 7y
Flaneurette @Eggs yep no self control at the library 7y
Flaneurette @saresmoore there is a bit of weird and unsettling here isn't there? I have high hopes for the Time Flies book, it's a topic I find really interesting, was a bit underwhelmed with Time Travel 7y
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GerardtheBookworm
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What is time? Is it a timekeeping piece of jewelry or an idea that dictates every part of our existence? Alan Burdick looks at the concept of time in many forms. From the time of human development where our life cycles come with each passing second to the philosophies that affect our lives and well being to the belief in the physics of time traveling, the subject is certainly one to ponder and study

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! The rest of the title should be: "(Especially On the Weekend)", lol. "Time" is the most common noun in the English language, and we think about it...all the time. What is it though? Why is it perceived differently by children and adults? Why does it seem to slow when we're bored? Why does it speed up as we age? How & why does it fly? AB visits scientists around the world & the most accurate clock. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

Lindy This would make a good pairing with 7y
JanuarieTimewalker13 I like the philosophy of time being an illusion, that everything always has been and always will be, whatever that means, it feels comfortable to me. We are eternal. We just morph, so time is meaningless. 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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