A Brief History of Telling Time

A Brief History of Telling Time
A clock at the Orsay Museum in Paris, France, on April 19, 2016. Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images
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We live in a world where time is all important. Nanoseconds mark the difference between success or failure to make an electronic transaction and where we are continuously reminded of “the time”: of being early or late, of having missed an appointment or arriving “before time.” In today’s world, time now governs our life.

In his bestseller, “A brief history of time,“ physicist Stephen Hawking reminded us that: ”The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.”

Kenneth Grattan
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