About Time
By David Rooney
A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks. W. W. Norton & Company. 2021.
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The paralleled perspective of how those in power shaped civilizations all over the world through timekeeping—dictating people’s daily schedules—from a sundial in 263 BCE to plutonium clocks in 6970.
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Who should read About Time
World history lovers • followers of politics • time pundits • clock watchers • timepiece collectors • those who are never on time
About the author of About Time
David Rooney’s childhood home was also the home of his family’s clockmaking and restoration business. He absorbed his parent’s passion for clocks and after studying physics and the history of science at university, he became a historian of technology. Formerly a curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Rooney currently helps run three horological institutions, including the world’s oldest clock and watch museum.
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