Syllabus

Week	Date	Topic
1	April 2	Introduction to the ubiquitous nature of counting in mathematics and the natural sciences. Hall of fame examples of counting.
2	April 9	Counting with light. Counting molecules in the atmosphere.
3	April 16	Counting proteins in cells using fluorescent proteins.
4	April 23	Counting stars and galaxies.
5	April 30	Entropy as Counting. The great variational principle of thermodynamics.
6	May 7	Counting and the N-dimensional sphere. Counting badly and brilliantly.
7	May 14	Counting prime numbers. Experimental mathematics, the prime-number theorem.
8	May 21	Counting walks and trajectories. The statistical physics of trajectories.
9	May 28	On counting and graphs.
10	June 4	The Future of Counting.