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Why does time seem to speed up as we get older? Why does it seem to drag when we're bored or in pain, or to go slowly when we're in unfamiliar environments? Why does it slow down dramatically in accidents and emergency situations, when sportspeople are 'in the zone', or in higher states of consciousness? "Making Time" explains why we have these different perceptions of time, suggesting that there are five basic 'laws' of psychological time and uncovering the factors which cause them. It uses evidence from modern physics and unusual states of consciousness to suggest that our normal sense of time is an illusion, 'created' by our minds. But perhaps more importantly, on a practical level, this book shows us what we can do to control our sense of time passing, to make it pass slowly or quickly in different situations. It suggests that it is possible for us to live through more time in our lives, and so effectively increase the amount of time which we are alive for. In the final chapter, Steve Taylor uses insights from Buddhism - investigating the practices of mindfulness and meditation - to show how we can actually transcend linear time, and learn to live fully in the present moment.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Popular science

• Full title: Making Time
• Author: Steve Taylor
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781848310018
• ISBN: 1848310013
• ID: 04288468
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Weight: 212 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 131 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. July 2008

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