Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time /
Garfield, Simon.
Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time / Simon Garfield. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2016. - 364 pages ; 22 cm.
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time.
9781782113195 (hbk.) : 16.99 1782113193 (hbk.) : 16.99
Time perception.
Time.
Time measurements.
Psychology.
Psychology.
BF468
153.753 GAR
Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time / Simon Garfield. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2016. - 364 pages ; 22 cm.
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time.
9781782113195 (hbk.) : 16.99 1782113193 (hbk.) : 16.99
Time perception.
Time.
Time measurements.
Psychology.
Psychology.
BF468
153.753 GAR