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Does a circle have sides? That deceptively simple question kicks off a mind-bending journey into the world of mathematical paradoxes—where logic doesn’t always behave the way you expect. In this class, students will chase a solution to Zeno’s famous paradox with Achilles and the Tortoise, try to outsmart probability in the Monty Hall problem, and discover why it’s surprisingly likely that two people in a room share the same birthday. They will unravel puzzles that seem impossible, debate what “truth” really means in math, and learn how to question assumptions like a true mathematician.
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