Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception


What the press says about Time Warped:

"Hammond seamlessly blends interviews, anecdotes and some particularly wacky science experiments to show us how time works on us. Hammond has written a fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time,"  Financial Times, May 2012

"Fascinating stuff", Scotsman, April 2012

"With an engaging, light touch, [Claudia Hammond] describes the ingenious experiments psychologists have devised to explore how our brains construct – and warp – time,” New Scientist, May 2012

“An engaging, well-paced ride through the worlds of psychology, biology and neuroscience. Claudia Hammond’s style balances in-depth analysis with absorbing anecdote. Don't be put off by the science writer tag, the tales of hostage victims and base-jumping adrenaline junkies keep you turning the pages. Reading this is definitely time well spent," Top Sante Magazine, May 2012

  
  

Emotional Rollercoaster

 

     
   

Claudia's first book Emotional Rollercoaster: A journey through the science of feelings was published in 2005 in hardback by Fourth Estate and in paperback in 2006 by HarperPerennial.

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Emotional Rollercoaster has been translated into six languages. 

 

From the Independent

April 5, 2005

Making emotions work for you

Anger, sadness, fear, disgust - human feelings can be unsettling, but far from being a sign of weakness, riding the emotional rollercoaster could prove beneficial. Jerome Burne reports.

The purpose of each emotion and their individual quirks are the subject of a new book by the broadcaster Claudia Hammond. Emotional Rollercoaster: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings is an entertaining, informed guide to the responses that drive and colour our lives.

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What the critics say

"This book is amazing" (Chris Evans, Radio 2, 2006)

 "A formidable array of current research...personal anecdotes, detailed accounts of some of the more...entertaining experiments and nuggets of hard fact." (Emma Crichton-Miller, Sunday Telegraph, 2005)

" ….treats emotions as rational, material processes. Hammond's style is accessible and anecdotal, and her refusal to romanticise emotions is bracing." (Financial Times, 2005)

"It is my hope that science writers will take a leaf out of Hammond's book and learn to treat their subjects with the humour, sensitivity and warmth that here emanate from every page." (Dylan Evans, The Guardian, 2005)

"a warm and witty investigation of the passions" (Dylan Evans, the Guardian 2005)

"a book of mind-bending facts" (The Sun, 2005)