Time /
Eva Hoffman.
- [1st edition].
- 214 pages ; 19 cm.
- Big ideas/small books .
- Big ideas/small books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
Time and the body -- Time and the mind -- Time and culture -- Time in our time.
Examines the modern world's dynamic perception of time and the ways in which new technologies and attitudes may be shaping the nature of human existence, in a volume that weighs such topics as jet-lag, aging, and cryogenic freezing.