Description |
x, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pacemaker -- Life as type a -- The door close button -- Your other face -- Time goes standard -- The new accelerators -- Seeing in slow motion -- In real time -- Lost in time -- On Internet time -- Quick--your opinion? -- Decomposition takes time -- On your mark, get set, think -- A millisecond here, a millisecond there -- 1,440 minutes a day -- Sex and paperwork -- Modern conveniences -- Jog more, read less -- Eat and run -- How many hours do you work? -- 7:15. took shower -- Attention! Multitaskers -- Shot-shot-shot-shot -- Prest-o change-o! -- MTV zooms by -- Allegro ma non troppo -- Can you see it? -- High-pressure minutes -- Time and motion -- The paradox of efficiency -- 365 ways to save time -- The telephone lottery -- Time is not money -- Short-term memory -- The law of small numbers -- Bored -- The end. |
Indexed In: |
Booklist 07/01/1999 |
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Kirkus Review 08/01/1999 |
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Publisher's Weekly 08/09/1999 |
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Library Journal 10/01/1999 |
Summary |
Examines the reality of time, and how our lifes seem to be becoming more rushed with the advent of modern technologies. |
Subject |
Time -- Psychological aspects -- Popular works.
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Time -- Social aspects -- Popular works.
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Time -- Psychological aspects.
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Time -- Social aspects.
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ISBN |
0679408371 |
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