Syllabus

Week	Date	Topic	Reading
1	March 30	Introduction to the ubiquitous nature of counting in mathematics and the natural sciences. Hall of fame examples of counting.	TBA.
2	April 6	Counting with light. Counting molecules in the atmosphere.	TBA.
3	April 13	Counting proteins in cells using fluorescent proteins.	TBA.
4	April 20	Counting stars and galaxies.	TBA.
5	April 27	Entropy as Counting. The great variational principle of thermodynamics.	TBA.
6	May 4	Counting and the N-dimensional sphere. Counting badly and brilliantly.	TBA.
7	May 11	Counting prime numbers. Experimental mathematics, the prime-number theorem.	TBA.
8	May 18	Counting walks and trajectories. The statistical physics of trajectories.	TBA.
9	May 25	On counting and graphs.	TBA.
10	June 1	The Future of Counting.	TBA.