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Charlene
Jan 19, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: history, physics
Adam Frank focused not just on whether we could agree that there is a time we agree upon (people near different sized objects, such as black holes or small planets) would experience time differently. This has been written about quite a bit. Frank also wants to understand time as it relates to culture. How have we come to understand what time is from the beginning of recorded history? Human's perception of time has changed as we discovered more about our universe.

The invention of the clock reall
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Greg
Jun 16, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition