Special relativity was one of the two biggest breakthroughs in physics in the past century-ish, and its discovery marked the shift from "classical" to "modern" physics. But what even is special relativity? More importantly, how can you find out without having to get a degree in physics? This class will look at the history of relativity and show how some very strange facts about space and time are unavoidable consequences of an innocuous-seeming proposition. Time permitting, I'll blow your mind even more with some classic paradoxes.