Nature Fast and Nature Slow: How Life Works, from Fractions of a Second to Billions of Years

by Nicholas P. Money

This book offers a vision of biology set within the entire timescale of the universe. It is about the timing of life, from microsecond movements to evolutionary changes over millions of years. Human consciousness is riveted to seconds, but a split-second time delay in perception means that we are unaware of anything until it has already happened. We live in the very recent past. Hearts beat every second or so. Over longer timescales, this book examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789144043
• ISBN13: 9781789144048
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"