Every double-page spread is a lively look at the specific locale, with the text demanding we empathise with unusual school commutes (NYC), find commonality (what's in both our bedroom and the one in Australia), an A good early social studies primer, showing the breadth of the world courtesy of us living in different time zones. Mexican kids have their breakfast while New Yorkers await the yellow bus, but Brazilians are already at period one maths, and Ghana is hitting lunchtime with a vengeance. Featuring eleven different children, this book takes readers on a colourful, eye-opening journey around the globe in a single day, showing what children in different countries are each doing at the same point in time.įrom travel writer Ben Lerwill, and with beautiful illustrations from Alette Straathof this non-fiction picture book introduces children to different cultures around the world.moreĪ good early social studies primer, showing the breadth of the world courtesy of us living in different time zones. One Moment in Time is a lyrical celebration of diversity with a heartfelt message of unity. A yellow school bus will take her to the school gates. …it’s 8 o’clock in the morning in New York City. He’s having corn tortillas with beans and a glass of orange juice.
One Moment in Time is a lyrical celebration of div It’s 7 o’clock in the morning in Mexico, and Javier is eating his breakfast. And at exactly the same time… …it’s 8 o’clock in the morning in New York City. It’s 7 o’clock in the morning in Mexico, and Javier is eating his breakfast. Others include “at that moment in time” and “the imaginary moment in time.”Īs for that explosion of a star 2,000 years ago, it could indeed be described, in either the usual or the technical sense, as a significant moment in time!īuy our books at a local store,, or Barnes&. The earliest of these citations, in a 1959 issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, is “the most favorable moment in time.” However, the OED has several additional versions of the phrase, in citations for other entries, that refer to specific times in the past, present, or future. It was first recorded in 1972, and all the quoted citations in the dictionary’s entry mean simply “now” or “at the present instant.” These include “in a moment,” “at a moment’s notice,” “not for a moment,” “at any given moment,” “never a dull moment,” “at (or “for”) the moment,” “on the spur of the moment,” and “live for the moment.”Īlso, “of the moment,” “for one moment,” “from this moment on,” “any moment now,” “one has one’s moments,” “moment to moment,” “moment of truth,” “moment of silence,” and of course “moment in time.”Īll these phrases have to do with time and its duration, whether literally or figuratively.Īs for “moment in time,” the expression that’s on your mind, the rather redundant “at this moment in time” is the only version given in the OED’s entry on the noun “moment.” It can mean significance or importance an influence or consideration a small particle a small weight or counterweight or momentum.Īnd as you suggest, “moment” also has several technical meanings in mathematics, physics, and statistics.īut in the common English expressions we’re all familiar with, “moment” does have its usual temporal meaning. In English, as we all know, “moment” has had many meanings that have nothing to do with time. The OED defines the noun “moment” as a “very short period of time, particle, movement, impulse, influence, importance, decisive stage.” It entered English in the 1300s from Middle French, but it ultimately comes from the classical Latin momentum, which in turn is derived from the from the verb movere (move). The noun “moment” originally meant a small quantity of something, especially a small period of time, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Time = 2,000 years ago.Ī: We can’t find any etymological evidence that the phrase “moment in time” has been used – at least to any significant extent – in the technical sense you mention.
So the explosion of a star 2,000 years ago would be a significant moment in time.
Q: I’ve been thinking about the expression “moment in time.” In physics, a moment can describe more than time (a moment of force, for example).
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