About Time (ISBN 0-68-481822-1) is the second book written by Paul Davies, regarding the subject of time. The intended audience is the general public, rather than than science academics. A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A book is a collection of paper, parchment or other material with a piece of text written on them, bound together along one edge, usually within covers. ... Paul Charles William Davies (born April 22, 1946) is a British-born, internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of College Professor at Arizona State University. ... A pocket watch, a device used to measure time Two distinct views exist on the meaning of time. ...

About Time explores selected mysteries of spacetime, following on from Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, which Davies believes does not fully explain time humans experience it. The author explains In modern colloquial English, a mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction (see mystery fiction). ... In physics, spacetime is a mathematical model that combines three-dimensional space and one-dimensional time into a single construct called the space-time continuum, in which time plays the role of the 4th dimension. ... Einstein redirects here. ... Two-dimensional analogy of space-time distortion described in General Relativity. ...

Important though Einstein's time turned out to be, it still did not solve "the riddle of time". A riddle is a form of word puzzle designed to test someones ingenuity and lateral thinking in arriving at a solution. ...

The book delves into the nature of time, covering a wide range of aspects surrounding the current cosmological debate, across 283 pages in great detail. It includes an index, bibliography, and numerous diagrams. Cosmology is the study of the large-scale structure and history of the universe. ... Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... Look up Index in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bibliographies at the University Library of Graz Bibliography (from Greek βιβλιογραφία, lit. ... Sample flowchart diagram A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relations, statistical data, anatomy etc used in all aspects of human activities to visualize and clarify the topic. ...

See also

• Basic introduction to the mathematics of curved spacetime
• Sense of time
• The Mind of God

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