Review by Booklist Review
Is it possible to write about time, exploring its historical and scientific origins, without reference to Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (1988)? Well, Hart-Davis gives it a try, attempting to cover a lot of the same ground Hawking does but in a much more user-friendly manner. Designed for the general reader and replete with illustrations (some pages are almost entirely taken up by visuals), the book tackles the concept of time from a variety of perspectives. The author talks about our subjective notions of time (wait time, prison time), the history of timepieces and calendars, the use of time to determine age (through radiometric dating or counting tree rings, for example), and some of the key people through history who helped to develop our modern-day concepts of time (except Hawking, that is). Glossy and slickly done but without succumbing to superficiality the book should appeal to readers who are approaching time as a big idea for the first time.--Pitt, David Copyright 2010 Booklist
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