Description: Time And Beauty: Why Time Flies And Beauty Never Dies by Adrian Bejan Time and beauty are two of our most visceral perceptions. Yet, their nature is seldom questioned. In this ground-breaking new work, Adrian Bejan — a true original among physicists — explains, in a scholarly yet colorful style, the scientific basis for the perception of time and beauty.Organized into three main ideas, the book begins first with the perception of time. The author expounds on why we feel that time flies faster as we get older. Perceived time, also called mind time, is different from clock time. In this context, time is another word for perceived change. Next, readers will discover that beauty is appealing because beautifully-shaped images are scanned faster by two eyes. To observe our immediate surroundings and to understand them faster is highly advantageous to survival; hence, there is an underlying evolutionary advantage to our discernment for ideal ratios, shapes, and beauty at large. Finally, time and beauty are jointly understood to explain why the global pandemic had decelerated our mind time. This understanding arms us with techniques to slow down our mind time (which accelerates with age), and to create the conditions for living longer and more creatively.Scientists may have contemplated aspects of time and beauty separately. In contrast, the author submits an original and rewarding approach to understanding them together. In the process, key questions to our cognition are answered. Why does the mind try to make sense of a new mental image? Why is there a natural tendency to organize a new input and mentally position it among past perceptions? Through physics, the book offers a general answer: to empower the individual with speed and clarity of thought, understanding, decision-making and movement. The same answer holds for the other disparate perceptions illustrated in this book, from time and beauty to ideas, message, shape, perspective, art, science, illusions, and dreams. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN9811246793 Author Adrian Bejan Short Title Time and Beauty Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 9811246793 ISBN-13 9789811246791 Subtitle Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies DEWEY 153.7/53 Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Format Paperback Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Singapore Country of Publication Singapore Pages 204 Publication Date 2022-03-11 UK Release Date 2022-03-11 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134825271;
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