About Time by David Rooney

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Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:30

Stanfords Covent Garden 7 Mercer Walk Covent Garden WC2H 9FA

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A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks

An evening not to be missed!

Please join us with David Rooney and his latest book About Time for a captivating and fascinating evening of the history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world.

Since the dawn of civilisation, we have kept time. But time has always been against us.

From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to wield power, make money, govern citizens and keep control. Sometimes, also with clocks, we have fought back.

In About Time, time expert David tells the story of timekeeping, and how it continues to shape our modern world. In twelve chapters, demarcated like the hours of time, we meet the greatest inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to monumental sundials, and from coastal time signals to satellites in earth's orbit. We discover how clocks have helped us navigate the world, build empires and even taken us to the brink of destruction.

Over the course of this global journey Rooney demonstrates how each of these clocks has shone a spotlight onto human civilisation, and shows us the very real effects clocks continue to have on everything from capitalism, to politics, to our very identity.

This is the story of time. And the story of time is the story of us.

'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps

'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself' Richard Holmes

About the author:

David Rooney, historian and former curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is a director of the Antiquarian Horological Society and sits on the management committee of the Clockmakers' Museum, the world's oldest clock and watch museum.

The event will start promptly at 6.30pm.

Tickets £5

Includes glass of wine/soft drink

£5.00 Redeemable off the published price of About Time when purchased on the evening.

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