Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation

Science writer Alan Burdick investigates how time gets inside people and why they perceive it as they do. He explains the circadian clocks in nearly every cell and asks why time seems to slow down in boredom and speed up with age. Guided by scientists, he visits official timekeepers in Paris, learns that the present moment is perceived a split second late, spends two weeks of constant daylight in the Alaskan Arctic and briefly makes time run backward in a neuroscience lab.

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Seth Godin: “Alan Burdick's new book goes into the history of how we think about now (as compared to before and after) and one particular example stuck with me.”