In Search of Lost Time

This is a delightful little book. Nature The trouble with time is that there is so much of it. Since writers woke up to this fact, book after book has appeared with histories of its past and histrionics about its future. So how to tell the wheat from the chaff? Try asking whether the work adds to our understanding of the meaning, measurement, or consequence of time? Derek York's In Search of Lost Time passes this test. It contains a kernel of novel material about how we learnt to determine the ages of the oldest things on Earth - rocks, artefacts and fossils - as well as how we became comfortable with a world that was not thousands but billions of years old. This is not to be found in other books on time. New Scientist This is a very enjoyable set of essays. The book is written in language which makes it accessible to the non-scientific and general reader and is well recommended. Aslib Book Guide The author's fascination ... with time is obvious throughout this excellent book ... thoroughly readable, highly entertaining and totally accessible to anyone from the interested GCSE student upwards ... Schools Science Review ... a prodigy of divulgation and entertainment ... No doubt, it will open our eyes. The Science Book Board ... he makes several difficult topics readily understandable ... A worthwhile book for anyone with some background in science looking for entertainment or enlightenment. Choice