About Time is a children’s guide to the science and history of telling the time and clockmaking in a fun and interactive way.
Time is central to our experience as humans, and it’s important for children to know not just how to tell the time, but also how to make the most of it.
About Time will help them learn how to tell the time on a variety of devices, and about all the different ways humans have tried to do this. This interactive book will help children aged 7-9 understand how clocks work and learn how to tell the time on various devices.
Through unique and fun interactive elements, the book will also help children understand how clocks work and even build some time-telling and clockwork devices for themselves!
A unique book on an underrepresented topic, About Time, looks at how humans learned to measure time, how it shapes our lives and the amazing science behind time.
It includes interactive and practical activities for children to get involved with and learn about the subject. This book benefits from the unique partnership of an award-winning practising watchmaker, Rebecca Struthers and experienced physics teacher, Alom Shaha to pair the best of timekeeping mechanics and history with the national curriculum.
With this book children can learn much more than just how to tell the time, they can also find out how clocks are built and even explore the history behind timekeeping.
Available for pre-order now by using this link, publication 28th August 2025
You can request an inspiring note from the authors which can be ordered by clicking here for signed copies of the book.
RRP £14.99 (Hardback)
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About the Authors
Rebecca Struthers
Rebecca Struthers is the most qualified watchmaker in British history, becoming the first practitioner in her field to earn a PhD in the subject. She is the author of Hands of Time, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the week, as well as being a multi-award-winning watchmaker, designer, and historian.
Alom Shaha
Alom Shaha is a dad, science teacher and the author of Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines and Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder, books of STEM based activities for families. He is also the author of Why Don’t Things Fall Up? And has received fellowships recognising his creative approach to science communication from The British Science Association, The Nuffield Foundation, and The National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts (NESTA).