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A Sideways Look at Time
Contributor(s): Griffiths, Jay (Author)

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 ISBN: 1585423068     ISBN-13: 9781585423064
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $22.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2004
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Annotation: Taking readers on a mind-bending tour of time as we know it, this "amusing and erudite" ("The Times Literary Supplement") book reintroduces readers to dimensions of time that are largely forgotten today.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Time
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- History | Social History
Dewey: 529.7
LCCN: 2002025369
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.54" W x 8.1" L (0.81 lbs) 403 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Awards: Discover Great New Writers, Winner, Nonfiction, 2003
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
A brilliant and poetic exploration of the way that we experience time in our everyday lives.

Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In A Sideways Look at Time, Jay Griffiths takes readers on an extraordinary tour of time as we have never seen it before.

With this dazzling and defiant work, Griffiths introduces us to dimensions of time that are largely forgotten in our modern lives. She presents an infectious argument for other, more magical times, the diverse cycles of nature, of folktale or carnival, when time is unlimited and on our side. This is a book for those who suspect that there's more to time than clocks.

Irresistible and provocative, A Sideways Look at Time could change the way we view time-forever.
 
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