A Question of Time

By: Scientific American

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Is time an illusion? Is time travel possible? Could time end? In this audiobook, A Question of Time, we take an interdisciplinary look at the fourth dimension, exploring the latest thinking on the nature of time and the ways it dominates our physical and mental worlds.

 PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 

©2019 by Scientific American, a division of Springer Nature America, Inc. Scientific American is a registered trademark of Nature America, Inc. (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing

Not too deep, but good variety

Good introduction into the current state of the physics, psychology, and biology of time. Not too dense, but still college level.

One of the bestest quantum mechanics books that a dat dem read.

All silliness aside, this is a great book that will melt your mind. It is worth the time (get it? Time) omg audible get a hold of me. I have a best selling comedy series in this little head.

A little hard to follow

The biggest drawback of this publication is that the reader has a very distinctive almost robotic quality to his presentation. Without specific nuanced inflections in his voice, you cannot determine which parts are more or less significant and therefore much of the meaning islost. The effect is similar to the removal of punctuation.

awe inspiring

love it! I wish more people listened to things like A question of time!

Wow, so comprehensive and eclectic. Perfect!

Loved this. Detail enough to say something and diverse angles enough to have what it says actually mean something. Thank you so much. One of my favorite things ever!

Great book on time

The history of time, philosophy of time, and the science of time with latest scientific discovery.

Semi-successful Discussion Difficult for this Layman

I like to challenge my Liberal Arts educated Brain with occasional ventures into discussions of scientific issues. Most often I come away amazed by the complexity of the research into Physics, Biology and Neuroscience but I keep trying. This was another of those times, excuse the pun.

A simple concept like Time has brought the greatest Minds of Western Science to their proverbial knees and their efforts are well documented here, though I have to admit I came away with only an appreciation of how not-simple the concept of Time is.

The experience of mental gymnastics was still enjoyable. Four Stars.

THOUGHT PROVOKING

Covers a vast amount of viewpoints over a broad spectrum of time... LoL! A serous look at time... While I do not agree with all the viewpoints put forward in this compilation... It stands well on it on own... Well worth a second going over! Really, I think it is suitable for for just about any introspective soul, especially those who delve into Physics, Philosophy, or Psychology. Thumbs Up!

Painful to listen to

Interesting papers but not meant to be read aloud. The reader was not good. His voice was basically flat, no expression and barely took a break between articles. Buy the book instead.

Good collection of works about time

Time is a lodestone for physicists but a challenging and incomprehensible subject. The variety of approaches to explain it is as heterogeneous as embarrassing. All in all, I deem this series of works an appropriate summary of the current state of the art. Do not worry if you will feel confused at the end of the book.