How did China rise to become one of the superpowers? In this lecture class, we will analyze US and China and their co-dependency on each other. We will look at economic development in China since the late 1970s and comparing it with the same period in US economic history. There will be a close emphasis on how China transitioned from its export- and investment-led model to the current pro-consumption model.

Why does the rate of a chemical reaction not simply depend on the amount of starting compounds present? In this class, you will learn more about reaction rates, different kinds of reaction mechanisms, how to find the rate equation using steady-state approximation and pre-equilibrum approximation, and get exposed to many cool oscillating reactions.

Origami is amazingly elegant, but do you know the mathematical principles behind its beauty? In this course, we will explore the mathematical aspects of origami, augmented by some hands-on paper folding.