
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation
Alan Burdick
Book Circadian Rhythms, Multidisciplinary Studies, Physics, Time
From cesium atoms to circadian rhythms, a journalist probes the notion of “now”
“Time is what everybody agrees the time is,” a researcher says to Alan Burdick a few pages into Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation. It sounds like something the Mad Hatter might have said in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. But it’s the truth. Time is such a fundamental part of modern life that sometimes…