In Search of Now, Jo Marchant
In Search of Now, Jo Marchant
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In Search of Now
The Science of the Present Moment

Author: Jo Marchant

Narrator: Jo Marchant

Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/17/2026

Synopsis

A mind–bending but brilliantly accessible exploration of the shifting science behind the reality of time.What is Now? This immediate moment, what we're experiencing right now . . . it bathes us like air, or gravity. Yet when we try to grasp this quality, to scrutinize it or bring it into focus, it vanishes, slipping through our fingers like a dream. And worse, according to the most trusted models of physics, Now doesn't even exist. If all this is so, then what, exactly, are we experiencing? How do we carve out time, sensation, self, and meaning from a blank, Now–less canvas?In In Search of Now, award–winning science writer Jo Marchant attempts to answer these questions with characteristic flair and clarity, taking us on a grand tour of the latest thinking from physics, neuroscience, cosmology, and psychiatry about the fundamental essence and individual experience of time. Part personal journey, part philosophical meditation, and above all a fascinating scientific exploration, In Search of Now shows us what we can learn about time, both from the outside in—the cosmic perspective of physics—and as we experience it, from the inside out.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andy on February 15, 2026

I received an advance review copy of this book via Goodreads in exchange for an honest review. I very much enjoyed Jo Marchant's book Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body about the placebo effect, so I had high hopes for this. The science of time is a bewildering topic and I like Carlo......more

Goodreads review by Sekar on March 18, 2026

Full review and summary In Search of Now explores a question that sounds simple but turns out to be surprisingly complicated: what exactly is the present moment? The book explores various fields, such as physics, neuroscience, and philosophy, to investigate how humans experience “now.” I enjoyed how t......more

Goodreads review by Frank on February 25, 2026

The past has gone; the future is to come; but where, exactly, is the Now? As soon as we think we've grasped it, it's gone. This book is a hunt for this ephemeral mystery. With insights from neuroscience, anthropology, behavioral science, and physics, Marchant paints a fascinating picture of a univer......more

Goodreads review by Anya on January 11, 2026

I can tell this book took serious effort. It’s painstakingly researched and carefully constructed. The idea that we can only distinguish events roughly 20 to 60 milliseconds apart, and that anything closer collapses into a single moment, really landed for me. It also reinforces the book’s point that......more

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