Did you know that Fidel Castro's favourite cow holds the world record in milk yield on a single day? That Burkina Faso vaccinated 2.5 million children in one week under Marxist rule? That an interview broadcast on Soviet TV revealed, with evidence, that Lenin was actually a mushroom? Come learn about intriguing things that happened in the communist world that you'd never find in a history book! This class does not endorse any political ideology, and won't be a comprehensive history lesson but just a bunch of miscellaneous facts. Since we're at MIT, we'll be particularly interested scientific/technical topics among others.

We'll explore the world of modern physics using the concept that gives us the most bang for our buck- spin 1/2. Wanna learn about the underlying concepts behind the 2019 Breakthrough Prize without reading through arcane papers? Or delve into Lorentz covariance while bypassing the boring stuff like length contraction? This class will aim to cover the basics of the most interesting physical phenomena through a paradigm that minimizes mathematical pain.