BROADCASTS.com

Time's a mystery, yet we've invented clever ways to capture it. From sundials to atomic clocks, trace the history of time-keeping. Also, discover the surprising accuracy of nature's dating schemes - from the decay of carbon to laying down tree rings.\nPlus, why the "New York minute" stretches to hours in Rio de Janeiro: cultural differences in the perception of time.\nGuests:\n\n\nChris Turney - Geologist at the University of Wollongong, Australia and the author of Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened\n\n\n\nDemetrios Matsakis - Head of the U.S. Naval Observatory's Time Service\n\n\nSteven Jefferts - Physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado\n\n\nRobert Levine - Psychologist at California State University in Fresno and the author of A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently\n\n\n\nNorman Mohr - Owner, Mohr Clocks, Mountain View, California\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices