The clock mirage - Our Myth of Measured Time

[The Clock Mirage] Frontmatter......Page 1
[The Clock Mirage] CONTENTS......Page 7
[The Clock Mirage] PREFACE......Page 11
[The Clock Mirage] 1. TRICKLING WATERS, SHIFTING SHADOWS (TELLING TIME)......Page 15
[The Clock Mirage] 2. RINGING BELLS, BEATING DRUMS (USE OF TIME)......Page 30
[The Clock Mirage] 3. EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK (CYCLES OF TIME)......Page 50
[The Clock Mirage] 4. ZENO’S QUIVER (THE STREAM OF TIME)......Page 57
[The Clock Mirage] 5. THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE (PHILOSOPHERS’ TIME)......Page 73
[The Clock Mirage] 6. GUTENBERG’S TYPE (TIME IN THE FIRST INFORMATION AGE)......Page 85
[The Clock Mirage] 7. ENTER NEWTON (ABSOLUTE TIME)......Page 94
[The Clock Mirage] 8. WHAT IS A CLOCK_ (TIME BEYOND THE OBSERVED)......Page 101
[The Clock Mirage] 9. SIMULTANEOUS CLOCKS (CALIBRATED TIME)......Page 113
[The Clock Mirage] 10. BRACED UNIFICATION (SPACE-TIME)......Page 122
[The Clock Mirage] 11. ANOTHER MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (TRAVELING THROUGH TIME)......Page 128
[The Clock Mirage] 12. THE BIG QUESTION (THE SENSE AND PLACE OF TIME)......Page 143
[The Clock Mirage] 13. WHERE DID IT GO_ (ACCELERATION OF TIME IN AGING)......Page 155
[The Clock Mirage] 14. FEELING IT (A SENSE OF TIME)......Page 166
[The Clock Mirage] 15. THE MASTER PACEMAKER (THE EYES OF TIME)......Page 181
[The Clock Mirage] 16. INTERNAL BEAT (CLOCKS IN LIVING CELLS)......Page 190
[The Clock Mirage] 17. 1.5 MILLION YEARS (CIRCADIAN SYNCHRONIZATION)......Page 204
[The Clock Mirage] 18. DISTORTED SENSES AND ILLUSIONS (THE TEMPERATURE OF TIME)......Page 213
[The Clock Mirage] 19. EXOPLANETS AND BIORHYTHMS (ENVIRONMENTAL SYNCHRONIZERS)......Page 222
[The Clock Mirage] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 227
[The Clock Mirage] EPILOGUE......Page 229
[The Clock Mirage] NOTES......Page 235
[The Clock Mirage] INDEX......Page 251