Where: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
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"A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic. The sessions are typically scheduled after broader lectures with said speaker, which we strongly encourage you to attend.
Have you ever wondered how long a clock can keep running, and how time was synchronised before the digital age? Why do quartz crystals and caesium atoms set the tempo of our daily existence, and how can we fight back against the remorseless beat of the clock? What really goes on inside the watches we wear on our wrists? David Rooney discusses the technologies of precision timekeeping that rule so many aspects of our lives in the modern world.
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David Rooney
Dr David Rooney is an award-winning writer and curator. He was most recently Keeper of Technologies and Engineering at the Science Museum, London, and formerly Curator of Timekeeping at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Specialising in the history of time, cities, technology and engineering, David was Lead Curator of the Science Museum's RIBA-award-winning Mathematics: The Winton Gallery (2016), designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, as well as its critically acclaimed exhibition Codebreaker: Alan Turing's Life and Legacy (2012). He is a trustee of three UK horological charities, chair of the Electrical Horology Group, and sits on the management committee of the Clockmakers’ Museum, the oldest clock and watch museum in the world.
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