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Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception
Claudia Hammond
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Description for Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception
Paperback. Drawing on the research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, this book delves into the mysteries of time perception. It shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why it speeds up as you get older and, ultimately, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRP; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
Winner of the 2013 British Psychological Society's Book Awards Popular Science category.
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. 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.
Drawing on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847677914
SKU
V9781847677914
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99-1
About Claudia Hammond
Claudia Hammond is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and psychology lecturer. She is the voice of psychology on BBC Radio 4, where she is the presenter of All in the Mind and Mind Changers. She is the author of three books, Emotional Rollercoaster, Time Warped, winner of the popular science category of the British Psychological Society Book Award 2013, ... Read more
Reviews for Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception
A fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time
Carl Wilkinson
Financial Times
[A] lively account of our perception of time
Robin McKie
Observer
With an engaging, light touch, [Claudia Hammond] describes the ingenious experiments psychologists have devised to ... Read more
Carl Wilkinson
Financial Times
[A] lively account of our perception of time
Robin McKie
Observer
With an engaging, light touch, [Claudia Hammond] describes the ingenious experiments psychologists have devised to ... Read more