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The Book Of Times: From Seconds To Centuries, A Compendium Of Measures (2013)

by Lesley Alderman(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0062074180 (ISBN13: 9780062074188)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: Note that I didn't finish the entire book. Instead, I spent a couple of days reading select chapters aloud to my 13-year old son while we waited for another title to arrive in the library. It's a nifty book to thumb through in this manner, and you're certain to learn some things. For example, the percentage of people under age 25 who said they would stop eating a meal and read an electronic message is 49%!That figure is from the Media chapter, though there are chapters for home life, love, work, the body, and so many more. The average adult yawns 5 times a day. I was surprised to learn the copyright date on this is 2013, since so many of the figures and data listed seemed to be from 2008. Maybe it takes a long time to compile all this sort of thing.Entertaining, sometimes ... moreenlightening, never life-changing. If the data were presented in a more colorful format, I probably would have liked it better. I'm okay if that sounds shallow. Happy reading!
review 2: Honestly, I’m not 100% sure on how to “rate” this book. It is pretty much how I expected it to be, showing statistics on various events or actions in an easy to read while interesting fashion. Well, it accomplished that. The format of the book is clean and fast, having different categories for different… categories of things such as daily life, love, and body (fitness, etc). What I really liked about the book was the random occurrences of trivia, quizzes, excerpts, and exercises. Granted, I absolutely failed the quizzes I have come across, and have never tried any of the exercises due to laziness, but I appreciate that they are there and like to read them. That being said, I never really read the book. By that, I mean cover to cover. I usually grab it when I’m bored, open to the section I want to read about, and read anywhere from a couple to around 30 pages (depending on boredom) of the book. Unfortunately, with that method of reading it, I’ll probably end up missing something really good. I doubt I could read it normally. I would probably get overloaded with a bunch of numbers related to time, and then end up forgetting most of it. At least this way, I’ll retain the information I read. Before, I mentioned how I wouldn't know how to rate this book, so here’s how it goes. I really like grabbing it every now and then and reading a bit of it, so I’ll choose the “really liked it” option of 4/5 stars.*Copy won through Firstreads less

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