The concept of time is hard to grasp. From a single minute to a full century, hearts beat, trees bloom and grow - and a human lives a lifetime. In her book Patience, Rachel Williams takes 18 different periods of time - from a single minute; to an hour; to over a century - to show the process of life, looking at biology in all its forms, from plants, animals and human biology too.
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In one minute, learn that your heart beats over 100 times. In one day, learn how a dragonfly unfurls a pair of wings. In a season, watch a bear hibernate for winter. In over 80 years, see a human live a lifetime.
Join award-winning children’s author Rachel Williams for this talk to discover how there is a season for everything in this antidote to an instant world.
This event is part of the science book talks strand at Summer Science Exhibition 2026.
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