{"product_id":"why-time-flies-a-mostly-scientific-investigation-9781416540281","title":"Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An insightful meditation on the curious nature of time...A highly illuminating intellectual investigation\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) explaining the sometimes contradictory ways we experience time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Time\" is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it's always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we're bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Erudite and informative, a joy with many small treasures\" (\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e), this witty and meditative exploration by award-winning author and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Alan Burdick--\"one of the finest science writers at work today, with an uncanny ability to explain knotty topics, with humanity, and humor\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, staff pick, best books of 2016)--takes readers on a personal quest to understand how time gets in us and why we perceive it the way we do. In the company of scientists, he visits the most accurate clock in the world (which exists only on paper); discovers that \"now\" actually happened a split-second ago; finds a twenty-fifth hour in the day; lives in the Arctic to lose all sense of time; and, for one fleeting moment in a neuroscientist's lab, even makes time go backward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhy Time Flies\u003c\/i\u003e captures us. Because it opens up a well of fascinating queries and gives us a glimpse of what has become an ever more deepening mystery for humans: the nature of time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). This \"intellectual adventure renders a hefty topic accessible to the general public\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e), is an instant classic, a vivid and intimate examination of the clocks that tick inside us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3043088\"\u003eAlan Burdick\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416540281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416540288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI066000\"\u003eTime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI075000\"\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50818911338793,"sku":"9781416540281","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_1d75ed0c-7783-4988-9fa0-7137e172e930.jpg?v=1755624177","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/why-time-flies-a-mostly-scientific-investigation-9781416540281","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}