Book description
Discusses the nature of time, suggests a hierarchical model of human temporal experience, and proposes a new definition of consciousness
Why read it?
1 author picked Mindworks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
When I moved to San Diego I began to get interested in time perception as well as the physics of time. My colleague Patrica Churchland kindly gave me this book to read. It’s a popular, accessible book on cognitive science and time perception. I couldn’t put it down. For sure it changed my academic path. I knew the mind plays all kinds of tricks on us, but the way it creates our inner sense of time experience still amazes me.
From Craig's list on The best books on time for people who love physics and deep thinking.
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