I'm constantly running the numbers, shifting my schedule around like a Rubik's Cube, trying to get all the dates and time slots to align. There's so much to do-so much I want to do-and time evaporates the moment I touch it. It's like our family has acquired its own personal sun, radiating warmth and light.īut when that sun goes down, I find myself lying awake in bed, wondering how the day could be over when I was just getting started. She wriggles with joy, like a puppy, when you turn your attention to her. My daughter Sylvie is an addictive presence, a golden girl. You'd think that a baby would focus you on beginnings-and it does. I reached a significant birthday last year and then, a few months later, gave birth to my third (and final) child. A fascinating and mind-bending journey through the science of time perception Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.I've been thinking a lot about time lately. She shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why speeds up as you get older and, ultimately, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage.
Drawing on the latest research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, award-winning BBC Radio4 presenter Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. They travel to Costa Rica to find out if hummingbirds can sense the passage of time, they walk towards the edge of a stairwell blindfolded and one man spends two months in an ice cave in total darkness -all in an attempt to fathom the tricks time can play on our minds. Time rules our lives, but how much do we really understand it? In Time Warped, we meet the people willing to go to extreme lengths to find out. About the Author:īook Description Paperback. Time Warped offers insight into how to manage our time more efficiently, speed time up and slow it down at will, plan for the future with more accuracy, and, ultimately, use the warping of time to our own advantage. Along the way, she introduces us to an extraordinary array of characters willing to go to great lengths in the interests of research, including the French speleologist Michel Siffre, who spends two months in an ice cave in complete darkness. Why does life speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head sometimes move at a different speed from the one on the wall? Time rules our lives, but how much do we understand it? And is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it?ĭrawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, and using original research on the way memory shapes our understanding of time, the acclaimed writer and BBC broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception.
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