[aamargulies]

I took Nature of Math from Lehrer in the 90s. He said on the first day of class that the class was for non-STEM majors and if any of us were science majors he’d find us and kick us out.

I was a science major and I said to myself “Adam, I don’t care what Tom Lehrer says, there’s no way you you’re not taking a math class from Tom Lehrer.”

He was bluffing. I stayed and loved every minute of it.

[jmspring]

I had his class in the 90s as well. Enjoyed it. UCSC was smaller then and some interesting classes I’m not sure would be possible today. Another I enjoyed was Frank Andrews (chemistry) course titled something like the chemistry of love.