From R. HARRISON
The correspondence about sunrise, sunset and solstices, summing up a
picture of a wobbly Earth on an imperfect if certain course round the sun
(Letters, 5 March), the mention of swinging sundials and lop-sided pendulums
in ‘The world of symplectic space’ (19 March), and the reference to anticlockwise
clocks (Letters, 19 March and 30 April) make one quite queasy.
To settle my stomach I exercised my mind – rather like Pooh, that bear
of little brain, wondering why a bear likes honey – with the comforting
idea that while real time is unreal, meal times seem to represent the only
reliable constant.
R. Harrison Geneva
