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A witty, surprising, often moving and always insightful work of scientific writing that will ensure you never look at a clock the same way again.

About the Author

Alan Burdick is a staff writer at the New Yorker and a frequent contributor to its science-and-tech blog. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, GQ, Discover, Best American Science and Nature Writing.

Reviews

‘In his lucid, thoughtful, and beautifully written inquiry about time…Burdick offers nothing less than a new way of reconsidering what it means to be human.’
*Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life*

‘Alan Burdick offers a fascinating and searching account of how we perceive time’s passage. It will change the way you think about the past, and also the present.’
*Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction*

‘Alan Burdick turns an obsession with the nature of time into a thrilling quest—one that brilliantly illuminates a subject that haunts us all. Time may fly by but at least while reading these pages it is never wasted.’
*David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z*

‘[Why Time Flies] opens up a well of fascinating queries and gives us a glimpse of what has become an ever more deepening mystery for humans: the nature of time.’
*New York Times Book Review*

’An insightful meditation on the curious nature of time....A highly illuminating intellectual investigation.’
*Kirkus Reviews*

‘Alan Burdick takes a new, interesting and mindful approach to the topic in an effort to understand what we know about that often intangible concept we call time.’
*Australian Geographic*

‘[Burdick] is a lucid and well-informed commentator on scientific matters. Here, he takes us by the wrist and leads us through the maze of time. We could not ask for a better guide.’
*Stuff NZ*

‘Brilliant, brain-boggling.’
*New Daily*

‘[Burdick] is an engaging writer guided by curiosity.’
*Saturday Paper*

‘To readers of the New Yorker, Burdick’s style is instantly recognisable: informal, informed and indefatigably researched…His wit and humour keep the narrative rolling with wry observations.’
*New Zealand Herald*

‘A fascinating premise that we can all relate to…A well-researched volume [with] some fascinating insights.’
*AU Review*

‘Time for Burdick is ultimately an adventure of discovery. His wealth of deeply researched and detailed but humorous stories serves to raise our curiosity…Make time to read his fascinating and illuminating book.’
*Toowoomba Chronicle*