The Horological Society of New York is expanding its educational initiatives with new academic programming!
"Time: The Big Questions" is a structured six-week course led by an accredited New York City professor and will be offered to students ages 18 and up. Courses are tailored for enthusiasts and no prior experience is required to enroll.
Time is at once fundamental and mysterious. From the 2000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism to modern cesium-fountain clocks, humans have long sought to understand temporal patterns in nature, and build mechanisms to measure, reflect and predict those patterns. We’re at a unique moment, one in which we’ve developed the ability to perceive relativistic effects on time at the smallest scales, while struggling to think and plan across generations.
In this six-week discussion course, hosted by the Horological Society of New York, we’ll reflect on the deep mysteries of time. How can we locate our place in the vast history and expanse of the Universe? Why do the planets, moon, and stars move the way they do? What does the future hold? Does time even exist? The course will draw from the rich materials available at the HSNY’s Jost Bürgi Research Library, and from the instructor’s graduate course at NYU, “Time”.
“Time: The Big Questions” is one of a new series of academic courses offered by the Horological Society of New York. Students will be assigned weekly readings and take part in discussion and research at the Horological Society's Jost Bürgi Research Library. The course will run for six weeks on Wednesdays from May 21st to June 25th at 6 to 7:30 pm each week. Tickets are valid for the entire six-week course. Availability is limited.
“Time: The Big Questions” will be taught by Jeffrey Feddersen. Jeff has collaborated for over two decades with artists, musicians, designers, and engineers to make amazing things. Trained in computer science and music, his code and creativity can be found in projects for groups ranging from the Hayden Planetarium to HBO. He is a dedicated teacher and has held research and fellowship positions at NYU’s digital arts graduate program, ITP, where he is currently a Production Mentor. At ITP he developed the video curriculum supporting creative electronics, and founded the courses “Energy” and “Time”. The Time course combines physics and philosophy to trace the connections between time-keeping, computation, and human attempts to understand the universe.
*** This 6-week course will take place on Wednesdays from May 21 — June 25 ***
