The Ancient Greeks loved their laws! They wrote comedies and tragedies about suing each other, selected hundreds of jurors to hear court cases each day, and sometimes fled the country mid-speech if their case wasn't going well. This course will cover some of the strangest and most important court cases in the history of law!

Did the Ancient Greeks build computers? Could Machine Learning crack the 4,000-year-old Indus script? Were the Romans wearing wristwatches? Yes, yes, and yes! In this course we will explore how the ancients used technology, and how we use modern technology to learn more about the ancients.

Ever wondered what happens when you try to put $$n+1$$ pigeons into $$n$$ holes? Or considered calculating exactly how badly a deranged waiter could mess up your order at a restaurant? We'll use the pigeonhole principle, derangements, and a number of other exciting counting techniques to answer these questions and many more! The only prerequisite is an interest in using simple mathematical reasoning to reach some very cool conclusions.