Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older by Douwe Draaisma
Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as deja-vu, near death experiences and memory recall. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.-
What is Life?
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Governing the Commons
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A Mathematician's Apology
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Mortal Questions
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The Invention of Tradition
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The Discarded Image
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The New Knighthood
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The Two Cultures
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On Growth and Form
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English as a Global Language
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Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings
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Mr Tompkins in Paperback
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An Experiment in Criticism
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Morality
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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
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The Spanish Labyrinth
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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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Aztecs
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The Golem
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Think on my Words
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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The Decipherment of Linear B
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The Trial of the Templars
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'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'
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Language Death
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The Life of Isaac Newton
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States and Social Revolutions
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Quantum Physics
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The Conquests of Alexander the Great
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Information and the Nature of Reality
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453
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The Allegory of Love
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The Sicilian Vespers
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Medieval Women
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The English Language
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The Golem at Large
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Studies in Words
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On Space and Time
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The British Isles
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Science and Religion
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What Was History?
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Spenser's Images of Life
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Ecological Imperialism
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The Theft of History
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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
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When Things Fell Apart
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Liberty before Liberalism
'… fascinating' The Independent
'… one finishes the book with a heightened awareness of the complexity and the fickleness of human memory, and a genuine sense of pleasure at having encountered such a subtle, entertaining, and illuminating guide to the territory.' The Times Literary Supplement
'… one finishes the book with a heightened awareness of the complexity and the fickleness of human memory, and a genuine sense of pleasure at having encountered such a subtle, entertaining, and illuminating guide to the territory.' The Times Literary Supplement
Douwe Draaisma is a professor at the University of Groningen on the Netherlands, where he specializes in the history of psychology. Metaphors of Remembering (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and Why Life Speeds Up As You Grow Older (Cambridge University Press, 2004) are two of his books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107646261 |
| ISBN 10 | 110764626X |
| Title | Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older |
| Author | Douwe Draaisma |
| Series | Canto Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2012-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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