A Watched Pot : How We Experience Time.

Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly drawn out. What explains this seeming parad...

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Main Author: Flaherty, Michael G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 1999.
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505 0 |a Acknowledgments; Introduction; Paradoxical Variation; Protracted Duration; Theory Construction; Temporal Compression; Conclusion; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Author. 
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