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Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life in Time
Sara Norgate
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Description for Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life in Time
hardcover. Investigates the psychological, social, and cultural influences that affect the way we regard and are affected by time. Using everyday examples from around the world, this work unravels the mental and biological mysteries of our relationships with time and provides an understanding of the links among behavior, brain, and genes. Series: Maps of the Mind. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHBS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
In Beyond 9 to 5, Sarah Norgate investigates the psychological, social, and cultural influences that affect the way we regard and are affected by time. Using everyday examples from around the world, her intriguing analysis unravels both the mental and biological mysteries of our relationships with time and provides a clear understanding of the links among behavior, brain, and genes. Norgate begins by musing on the origins of our obsession with punctuality; the conflicting practices of rushing and taking things slow; economy-driven proverbs from highly industrialized nations-Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today-and how they differ from ... Read more
In Beyond 9 to 5, Sarah Norgate investigates the psychological, social, and cultural influences that affect the way we regard and are affected by time. Using everyday examples from around the world, her intriguing analysis unravels both the mental and biological mysteries of our relationships with time and provides a clear understanding of the links among behavior, brain, and genes. Norgate begins by musing on the origins of our obsession with punctuality; the conflicting practices of rushing and taking things slow; economy-driven proverbs from highly industrialized nations-Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today-and how they differ from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Maps of the Mind
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140089
SKU
V9780231140089
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About Sara Norgate
Sarah Norgate is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Salford, U.K. In 2004 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to study the psychosocial practices used in the care of children with eye cancer in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Paris.
Reviews for Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life in Time
Very readable and intriguing. Hawke's Bay Today This informative first book by Sarah Norgate, a psychologist, looks at how we relate to the fourth dimension, from the millisecond precision of a tennis player returning a serve to the personal narratives we each build... An agreeable blend of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and anthropology. The Independent Fascinating... The message here is the ... Read more