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Time: A

Wayfarer’s Guide

Rob Podolski

KEY SELLING POINTS

Auniquejourneyof discoveryabouttime toshowthatwithinits twistsandturnsit throwslightuponour
everyday lives, our universe, our existence and our reality.
Bringsthisstillnotwell-known,butwondrousconceptoftimeintotheopeninahighlyaccessiblewayso
that it can be appreciated by everybody.
Looks at time from all angles including philosophy, physics, psychology, neuroscience and the arts

This is a journey into time…

We’reallfascinatedby time, yetwedon’treallyunderstandit.Whatis it? Howdoes it work?Doesit evenexist?

In this ground-breaking book, computer scientist, classical pianist and time-obsessive Rob Podolski (PhD)
embarks onavoyageof discoveryintothismostenigmatic of naturalphenomena.Fromthevastnessof the
universe to the bizarre miniature world of quantum mechanics and the mind-bending complexity of the human
brain, he takes us on an extraordinary trip through time. On the way we meet philosophers and cosmologists,
encounteraliens,DutchMastersandmind-alteringdrugs,andvisitalandwherethere’snotimeatall.
Unlike narrowly focused academic studies, Time: A Wayfarer’s Guide draws on the huge range of ideas,
theories and research about time in fields as diverse as philosophy, physics and neuropsychology. The result is
a comprehensive, accessible and entertaining exploration of what time might be, and how we might experience
it.

Rob Podolski receivedaBScinearthsciencesfromLeedsUniversityandlateraPhDinappliedmathematics
from London University. Has worked as a computer scientist across big-science, high-technology, information-
discovery and others. As a classical pianist Rob studied with a world-famous teacher performing
Rachmaninov’s famous 3rd concerto in 1992.

Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £16.99 ISBN: 9781836280736
Themasubjectcategory:PDZ–Popularscience
paperback 216 x 138 mm 400 pp Portrait Author location: Hampshire

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