Discover mathematics as an artistic and creative realm that contains some of the greatest ideas of human history. This course explores infinity, the fourth dimension, probability, chaos, fractals, and other fantastic themes.

Is it worth Bill Gates’s time to pick up a $100 bill if he sees it on the sidewalk? Amidst the frenzied screaming from the audience on television’s Let’s Make a Deal^®, is there sound advice to give the contestant trying to decide whether to switch his choice to Door Number 2? How can we see the fourth dimension in a Salvador Dali painting?

These certainly aren’t the kinds of questions you would normally ask in typical lectures about mathematics. But then again, this isn’t an ordinary math course.