Praise for In Search of Time
“Falk's book is what Hawking's Brief History should have been." — The Ottawa Citizen
"Unputdownable" — Sir Martin Rees
In Search of Time is now available in paperback across the U.S.
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Dan Falk on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show"
Dan Falk will discuss In Search of Time on "The Leonard Lopate Show" on WNYC this Thursday, Jan. 22. New York's WNYC is the flagship regional station for the NPR radio network, while Lopate is a veteran broadcaster known for the depth of his interviews and the breadth of topics covered. The show airs at noon and can also be heard via iTunes.
Out-Einsteining Einstein
In a review in today's Globe and Mail, Dan Falk reviews John Moffat's book, Reinventing Gravity. In the book, Moffat proposes a radical revision of Einstein's theory of general relativity - a bold plan, but should it be taken seriously?
Dan Falk on "Breakfast Television," Jan. 14
I'll be discussing In Search of Time on CityTV's popular Toronto morning show, "Breakfast Television," next Wednesday. The interview will air sometime between 6:30 and 9:00 a.m.
The leap second and the enigma of time
As I discuss in an essay in today's Toronto Star, a "leap second" will be inserted into the last day of 2008, to keep our atomic clocks in synch with the spinning earth, as our planet's rotation gradually slows. The fact that we need to deploy an extra "tick" on December 31 shows just how skilled we've become at tracking time. And yet some nagging philosophical questions remain. What is it, exactly, that our clocks are measuring?
Dan Falk on "Cross Country Checkup"
What was the top story in physics and astronomy for 2008? Listen to Cross Country Checkup on CBC Radio One this afternoon as Dan Falk discusses the year's science news with host Rex Murphy. The live program can be heard nation-wide beginning at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Dan should be on at around 5:20 p.m.
