Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. PART I. THE MEASURES
5. 1. TRICKLING WATERS, SHIFTING SHADOWS (TELLING TIME) 3
6. 2. RINGING BELLS, BEATING DRUMS (USE OF TIME) 18
7. 3. EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK (CYCLES OF TIME) 38
8. PART II. THEORISTS, THINKERS, AND OPINIONS
9. 4. ZENO’S QUIVER (THE STREAM OF TIME) 47
10. 5. THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE (PHILOSOPHERS’ TIME) 63
11. 6. GUTENBERG’S TYPE (TIME IN THE FIRST INFORMATION AGE) 75
12. 7. ENTER NEWTON (ABSOLUTE TIME) 84
13. PART III. THE PHYSICS
14. 8. WHAT IS A CLOCK? (TIME BEYOND THE OBSERVED) 93
15. 9. SIMULTANEOUS CLOCKS (CALIBRATED TIME) 105
16. 10. BRACED UNIFICATION (SPACE-TIME) 114
17. 11. ANOTHER MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (TRAVELING THROUGH TIME) 120
18. PART IV. THE COGNITIVE SENSES
19. 12. THE BIG QUESTION (THE SENSE AND PLACE OF TIME) 137
20. 13. WHERE DID IT GO? (ACCELERATION OF TIME IN AGING) 149
21. 14. FEELING IT (A SENSE OF TIME) 160
22. PART V. LIVING RHYTHMS
23. 15. THE MASTER PACEMAKER (THE EYES OF TIME) 177
24. 16. INTERNAL BEAT (CLOCKS IN LIVING CELLS) 186
25. 17. 1.5 MILLION YEARS (CIRCADIAN SYNCHRONIZATION) 200
26. 18. DISTORTED SENSES AND ILLUSIONS (THE TEMPERATURE OF TIME) 209
27. 19. EXOPLANETS AND BIORHYTHMS (ENVIRONMENTAL SYNCHRONIZERS) 218
28. EPILOGUE 223
29. NOTES 229
30. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 245
31. INDEX 247