About time (How long is history)

Author: (American) Frank Nagle, translated by Du Dingding
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Time flies over our heads, but it leaves its shadow behind. In this book, we will follow in the footsteps of historians. It is about time because it is related to the duration of historical events, whether they are big or small. Time is a very important part of history, but it is often lost in the hustle and bustle. We cannot always experience history firsthand. Now we can, but we are still fooled by time. This book arranges historical events in order of time, from shortest to longest. We start with events that occurred in fractions of a second and end with events that are still ongoing, lasting over 14 billion years. The middle part consists of the events we have chosen, when they happened, and how long they lasted—a brief review of the past. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima took only 43 seconds. In less than a minute, history was forever changed. In contrast, it took humanity 355 years, 10 months, and 16 days to abolish slavery in the Americas. About Time arranges historically significant moments by duration—from shortest to longest, tracing nearly two hundred important historical events and presenting a brand-new perspective on history, filled with precise details and little-known anecdotes.