Ancient traditions viewed 'time' as the great ripples of a galactic wave that ebb and flow as they travel throughout the universe. Late 20th century discoveries revealed that even the most complex things in nature are really simple patterns - fractals - that repeat themselves in predictable ways.

Applying the new 'laws' of fractals to the ancient waves of time, visionary scientist and bestselling author Gregg Braden proposes that everything, from the way we age to the wars between nations, are simply the returning waves of our past, with each one carrying a more powerful, amplified version of itself. Discover the great secret of our moment in history, and what we can expect as the 5000-year-cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar ends in 2012.