Monday, June 13, 2011

The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction













After proceeding at a rapid clip through Leofranc Holford-Stevens' The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2005; audio, 2011), it's hard not to muse a little about the nature of time. What is time all about?

Time is gravity.
Time is ever-present.
Time is odd.

Dreamtime and awake time loop around each other, go through each other.

Time is space.
Time is on my side.
Time waits for no one.
We could have a real cool time tonight.
Love you long time.
Hot time on the town.
Time is place.
Time is a Zone.
Time is an Interzone.

Time is a Jumble:
Astronomy. Fate.
Solar, Lunar.
Astrology.
Julian, Gregorian.
Old Style, New Style.
1751/1752.

Time is Light.
Time is an Envelope.
Time is an Antelope.
Time is a Cantaloupe.
Time is a Half-Life.
Time is an Afterlife.

Time is a Note I can't Read Even in my Own Handwriting; Time revolves around Easter according to some Christians.

Time is a Season.
Time is a Festival.
Time is a Month.
Time is a Doing and an Undoing.
Time is a Life.
Time is an Epoch.
Time is a Millennium.
Time is a Century.
Time is a Decade.
Time is a Year.
Time is a Month.
Time is a Week.
Time is a Day.

Time is an Hour that's getting Late. Two Riders was
Approaching . . . and the wind began to howl . . .

Time is a Minute.
Time is a Split Second.
Time to go Now . . .

Today's Rune: Movement.

6 comments:

the walking man said...

Not so much is time space but rather lengths of space. Everything else on the list is to me a use of time.




Uploaded time has come and gone.

Anonymous said...

DO WE MARCH THRU TIME OR DOES TIME MARCH THRU US?

Charles Gramlich said...

I recognize All Along the Watchtower.

Mark Krone said...

The older I get, the more I read about how relative time is and how the past, future, and present are all happening at the same time. Very interesting.

But then I look in the mirror and I am an Enlightenment, linear-minded person again. And it's not just happening to me. I look different than I did when the Bee Gees were on the charts. They do, too.

Nina K. Orlovskaya said...

Time is personal and conscious, must be respected. Time is a link between human consciousness and The Consciousness. Time is a ladder to Enlightenment or to Whatever…… Absolutely love this post!

Lana Gramlich said...

In the words of Douglas Adams; "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."