David Rooney is a historian of technology and curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Originally trained as a physicist, and the son of a clockmaker, Rooney studied history while working at the Science Museum, London. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, established under Royal Charter in 1631, and a Member of the Institute of Physics.
"Like a telescope from the Observatory, [the book's] focus is fine but its range is wide. Rooney has a gift for making difficult concepts easily graspable, and a riveting way of setting scenes, describing characters and relating anecdotes." --"Telegraph"
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