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Title: Story of Time by Kristen Lippincott, Umberto Eco, National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), Ernst Hans Gombrich ISBN: 1-85894-072-9 Publisher: Merrell Publishers Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An illustrated Encyclopedia of Time
Comment: This beautifully designed and printed book was actually the catalogue of the exhibition "The Story of Time" which was hosted by the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Already from the introductions of the directors of these institutions, as well as a Preface Essay entitled "Times" by Umberto Eco, the reader will be aware of the high standard of this publication. It is an attempt to depict the human experience with time in all its forms.
The catalogue is divided into five main sections: 1.) "The Creation of Time": A brief survey of early concepts of time in different cultures, for example, Biblical, Hindu, Native American, and Maori. 2.) "The Measurement of Time": The different modes of measuring time beginning with early calendars in different cultures, progressing to early european mechanical clocks, and culminating with chronometers and radio controlled clocks. 3.) "The Depiction of Time": In Painting, Sculpture, Calligraphy and Allegory. From Breughel to Chinese Sculpture this chapter shows the obsession of depicting time in art and in symbolizing it. 4.) "The Experience of Time": Here other ways of experiencing time are discussed, in music, historical time, human time and time in culture. 5.) "The End of Time": A brief chapter in which different conceptions are shown how it would be possible for time to end (and when) and different historical and contemporary depictions are shown.
Sections 2.) and 3.) are by far the largest, which is obvious from their subject matter, and the fact that this is an exhibition catalogue. Interspersed in all five sections are interesting essays on different aspects of time and its influence and pre-occupation on human beings, by well known scholars such as E.H. Gombrich. These range from "Inuit Time" to "Time in the History of Medecine". Most fascinating are the hundreds of excellent illustrations, mostly of time keeping devices and time in art representing many cultures and time periods. The book is handsomely bound, well printed and presented and the illustrations are clear. This book is encyclopedic in its scope and is fascinating to read. It is reasonably priced and highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fantastic Beautiful Volume
Comment: A varied and comprehensive tome on time and what it does to us. The illustrations are organized in such a way that one feels as if one is swimming in a treasure chest of global artifacts. I ADORE IT!
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Title: A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time by Michael G. Flaherty ISBN: 0814726860 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently by Robert V. Levine ISBN: 0465026427 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World by Jo Ellen Barnett ISBN: 0156006499 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Dance of Life : The Other Dimension of Time by Edward T. Hall ISBN: 0385192487 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 09 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything by James Gleick ISBN: 067977548X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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