Throughout the ages, people have been obsessed with measuring time. We can’t touch it, we can’t see it, yet every one of us is aware of it’s passing. Our perception of time shapes our view of the world – but what if we could manipulate time? We perceive time in terms of seconds – the length of a heartbeat. We can’t even imagine events that unfold over several days and years or be aware of elementary particles that flash into existence for less than a billionth of a second without high-tech camera equipment and exceptional filming techniques.
The Secrets of Nature: Time Limits
