Although time may not materially exist, most of us still measure it out using clocks and calendars. From the creation of days to the atomic clock, this episode explores how the abstract concept of time became a countable “reality” — and why metric time worked its way to the heart of Western society. This episode in brief: 1. Mapping calendrical time | 03:15 The countable time we use in our everyday life is a social construction. This section takes a look at how different cultures divided the...
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Although time may not materially exist, most of us still measure it out using clocks and calendars. From the creation of days to the atomic clock, this episode explores how the abstract concept of time became a countable “reality” — and why metric time worked its way to the heart of Western society. This episode in brief: 1. Mapping calendrical time | 03:15 The countable time we use in our everyday life is a social construction. This section takes a look at how different cultures divided the...
Time is seen as part of the fundamental grammar of the world. Yet there is little evidence proving it actually exists. With the help of quantum physicist Carlo Rovelli, this episode seeks to mop up some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding time — exploring the theories and hypotheses shaping our current scientific understanding of it. This episode in brief 1. Absolute Newtonian time | 03:00 We often think of time as a substance that lives outside of us and flows from past to future...
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Although time may not materially exist, most of us still measure it out using clocks and calendars. From the creation of days to the atomic clock, this episode explores how the abstract concept of time became a countable “reality” — and why metric time worked its way to the heart of Western society. This episode in brief: 1. Mapping calendrical time | 03:15 The countable time we use in our everyday life is a social construction. This section takes a look at how different cultures divided the...
