Many of us today, the world over, will be counting the
seconds as Midnight approaches and a New Year dawns. All of us during some
moment of our lives have wondered about the fundamental nature of time. But,
while it dominates our lives and all of us are bound up in its inexorable
passage, few of us can give a precise definition of what Time with a capital
“T” precisely is.
Today being the last day of 2016 AD we at Far Future Horizons are going on a Time Odyssey in search of the nature of time to
explore it in all its majesty, wonder and mystery with the three part BBC
documentary series "Time Machine".
From the creation of the highest mountains to the
opening of flowers petals, time controls
the world around us. To understand this super-powerful force on Earth, we must
wrench control of time ourselves - compressing, expanding, stopping and
dissecting it, to reveal the passing of time and how it shapes our world
and our lives.
Time Machine Episode 1: The World Shaped By Time
This is the first
episode of a three-part documentary series offering an insight into the
dramatic forces that shape life on Earth, using speeded-up footage that
compresses centuries into seconds. The programme follows the movement of
mountains, rivers, glaciers and the sea, and offers a glimpse of what the
future might hold, revealing how the Great Rift Valley may well be on its way
to becoming the next ocean.
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Time Machine Episode 2 Life – The Race Against Time
How does the
passage of time affect the existence of life on Earth? Discover how soldier
crabs have their own alarm clocks, how plants tell the time, and why humans
live far longer than we should. Plus, see hummingbirds and horses evolve before
your eyes.
Time Machine Episode 3 Human - Masters of Time
The last episode
in the series examines how humans perceive and experience time, investigating
the internal body clock which tells people when to eat, drink, sleep and relax.
The importance of accurately measuring time is explored in relation to human
evolution, and there's a debate about whether humankind will ever be able to
travel between past, present and future.
Time Machine - The Complete BBC Documentary Series, is available on DVD in its entirety from Amazon Books in the United Kingdom.
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