IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is Time And How Do We Measure It?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is Time And How Do We Measure It?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is Time And How Do We Measure It?

We're joined by a Curator of Time for this one, which is possibly the greatest job title ever.

Dr. Alfredo Carpineti headshot

Senior Staff Writer & Space Correspondent

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.

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Time is everything to us: in terms of physical laws, in how we experience the world, and how society works. Still, its true nature remains beyond us. As scientists search for a deeper understanding, the way humans relate to time has changed massively.

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To explore the questions of what time is and how we measure it, host Dr Alfredo Carpineti is joined by Dr Emily Akkermans, Curator of Time at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which is celebrating its 350th anniversary this year.

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