Time Beings: A Natural History of Time on Earth
Apr 2027 · Random House
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We are living through a crisis of time. More people than ever report feeling chronically short of it, with serious repercussions for our wellbeing. Yet what if the animal kingdom could redeem our vexed relationship with time?
In Time Beings, Jackie Higgins shows us what the natural world reveals about life beyond the clock. Each chapter examines how a distinct species – from the blue whale to the dragonfly to the hummingbird – might experience the elusive flow of time, from milliseconds to millennia. With these emissaries from the animal kingdom as her guides, Higgins explores the elasticity of the present, the relativity of internal and external clocks, the mercurial role of memory, and so much more.
From a chorus of glimmering fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains to a herd of elephants lumbering through the East African savannah, Higgins brings us face to face with the species and the scientists who are transforming our understanding of the most fundamental dimension of our universe.
Perspective-shifting and consoling, Time Beings shows us that time is not some external force controlling us, but ours to reclaim.
In Time Beings, Jackie Higgins shows us what the natural world reveals about life beyond the clock. Each chapter examines how a distinct species – from the blue whale to the dragonfly to the hummingbird – might experience the elusive flow of time, from milliseconds to millennia. With these emissaries from the animal kingdom as her guides, Higgins explores the elasticity of the present, the relativity of internal and external clocks, the mercurial role of memory, and so much more.
From a chorus of glimmering fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains to a herd of elephants lumbering through the East African savannah, Higgins brings us face to face with the species and the scientists who are transforming our understanding of the most fundamental dimension of our universe.
Perspective-shifting and consoling, Time Beings shows us that time is not some external force controlling us, but ours to reclaim.
We are living through a crisis of time. More people than ever report feeling chronically short of it, with serious repercussions for our wellbeing. Yet what if the animal kingdom could redeem our vexed relationship with time?
In Time Beings, Jackie Higgins shows us what the natural world reveals...
About the author
Jackie Higgins is a filmmaker and a writer. She grew up by the sea in Cornwall and has always been fascinated by the natural world. She has made wildlife documentaries for National Geographic, BBC Natural World, BBC Horizon and the Discovery Channel. She read zoology at Oxford University as a student of Richard Dawkins and has a master’s in art history. Sentient was her first book on natural history and science.
Jackie Higgins is a filmmaker and a writer. She grew up by the sea in Cornwall and has always been fascinated by the natural world. She has made wildlife documentaries for National Geographic, BBC Natural World, BBC Horizon and the Discovery Channel. She read zoology at Oxford University as a stu...
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