Notes on Time

As our ability to measure time grows ever more precise, we start to lose the definition of what time actually is.

Overview

• The Bell and the Monastery
• All Kinds of Time
• A Brief History of Time
• The Many Ways of Measuring Time
• A Matter of Precision
• Rhythm of Life
• Computer Time vs Human Time
• Computers and Time
• The Cyclic Nature of Time
• Time's Arrow: Why Things Don't Spontaneously Assemble
• An Extra Second For June

Various papers on time

• "From Sundials to Atomic Clocks: Understanding Time and Frequency" (NIST)
• "Loss of circadian clock accelerates aging in neurodegeneration-prone mutants"

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