The Book Of Time
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Time — the invisible force that governs every heartbeat, every civilisation, and every corner of the cosmos — is laid bare in The Book of Time, a richly illustrated and intellectually ambitious compendium that chronicles humanity's relationship with this most fundamental of dimensions. Assembled under the consultancy of prolific author and philosopher Colin Wilson and edited by John Grant, the volume presents a sweeping panorama of time's many faces: from the geological deep-time of Earth's formation and the biological rhythms that pulse through living creatures, to the psychological experience of duration and the philosophical puzzles that have bedevilled thinkers from Aristotle to Einstein. Wide-ranging yet cohesive, the work draws together contributions across science, history, philosophy, and culture, illustrating how the concept of time has shaped human thought, art, and technology across the ages. Wilson's characteristically bold intellectual vision — honed across dozens of works spanning existentialism, the paranormal, and the history of ideas — gives the anthology a unifying sense of wonder and urgency. A work that makes the familiar utterly strange, it leaves the reader questioning what they truly know about the river they are all, inescapably, carried upon.
Author: Colin Wilson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Science
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Time — the invisible force that governs every heartbeat, every civilisation, and every corner of the cosmos — is laid bare in The Book of Time, a richly illustrated and intellectually ambitious compendium that chronicles humanity's relationship with this most fundamental of dimensions. Assembled under the consultancy of prolific author and philosopher Colin Wilson and edited by John Grant, the volume presents a sweeping panorama of time's many faces: from the geological deep-time of Earth's formation and the biological rhythms that pulse through living creatures, to the psychological experience of duration and the philosophical puzzles that have bedevilled thinkers from Aristotle to Einstein. Wide-ranging yet cohesive, the work draws together contributions across science, history, philosophy, and culture, illustrating how the concept of time has shaped human thought, art, and technology across the ages. Wilson's characteristically bold intellectual vision — honed across dozens of works spanning existentialism, the paranormal, and the history of ideas — gives the anthology a unifying sense of wonder and urgency. A work that makes the familiar utterly strange, it leaves the reader questioning what they truly know about the river they are all, inescapably, carried upon.