James Gleick, "Time Travel: A History"
October 20, 2016
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as posted by the channelIn his seventh book, Gleick, the author of Chaos and The Information, classics of the history of science and technology, looks at the evolution of modern ideas about time. Taking as his point of departure H.G. Wells’s 1895 novel The Time Machine, Gleick uses a range of cultural references to chart the industrial revolution’s radical break from traditional, seasonal rhythms. Showing how factories, railroads, and eventually all of daily life became synchronized to mechanical, fixed schedules, Gleick suggests that time itself has come to seem like a mechanical device, which helps explain today’s accelerating pace and the demands for ever faster connections and instant responses.
Gleick will be in conversation with Franklin Foer, former editor of The New Republic.
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