The most commonly used word in the English language is “time,” reports British author Simon Garfield, with “year” and “day” making the top five. We’re obsessed with time: how to measure it, spend it, save it, waste it, kill it or find more of it. The prolific Garfield, with 17 previous nonfiction titles (Just My Type, The Age of Innocence), explores the timely topic of time in Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time. Garfield tackles this massive topic in a series of light essays. We learn how the introduction of intercity trains in the 1830s forced the British to make timetables and synchronize clocks.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 11:26 UTC