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In August 2019, Sanderson delivered a keynote titled ''Concrete before Abstract'' at ODSC India. The talk outlines a principle he attempts to abide by when creating videos to make mathematics accessible.<ref>{{Citation |title=Concrete before Abstract - ODSC India 2019 |url=https://confengine.com/odsc-india-2019/proposal/10273/concrete-before-abstract |access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Open Data Science Conference India – The Largest Applied Data Science and AI Conference returns to India |url=https://india.odsc.com/ |access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>


In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in ''An Evening with Grant Sanderson'', hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wei |first=Patricia |title=3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson ’15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals</ref> Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to bring “bring life to math” with visuals, graphics, and animations.<ref>{{Citation |last=Kapadia |first=Huzefa |title=
In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in ''An Evening with Grant Sanderson'', hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wei |first=Patricia |title=3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson ’15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals</ref> Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to bring “bring life to math” with visuals, graphics, and animations.<ref>{{Citation |last=Kapadia |first=Huzefa |title=

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3Blue1Brown
The channel name and logo reference the color of Grant's right eye, which has blue-brown sectoral heterochromia. It also symbolizes the channel's visual approach to math.
Personal information
Born
Grant Sanderson
Website3Blue1Brown.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreMathematics
Subscribers2.38 million[1]
Total views107.4 million[1]
Associated actsMinutePhysics
100,000 subscribers2016[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2018[2][3]
Last updated: January 14, 2020

3Blue1Brown is a math YouTube channel created by Grant Sanderson. The channel focuses on higher education mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Some of the topics covered include linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, the Riemann hypothesis, Fourier transform[4], quaternions and topology[5].

Background

Grant Sanderson graduated from Stanford University in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in math. He worked for Khan Academy from 2015 to 2016, producing videos about multivariable calculus.[6][7] After approximately one year, Sanderson quit to focus full-time on 3Blue1Brown.[8]

3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In a podcast of Showmakers,[9] Sanderson explained that he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a graphics library in Python, which eventually became the open source project "Manim" (short for mathematical animations).[10] To have a goal for the project, he decided to create a video with the library and uploaded it to YouTube. On March 4, 2015, he uploaded his first video. Eventually, he started to publish more videos and improve the graphics tool.

Videos

Grant Sanderson animates with Manim, with the exception of some 3D animations where he has used macOS's Grapher application.[8]

Since March 2015, the channel has over 88 videos uploaded, with mini-series on linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, and neural networks. The channel has collaborated with MinutePhysics to make videos on quantum physics and orbital motion.[11][12] Two of the channel's videos have been featured on Popular Mechanics.[13][14]

Sanderson has appeared on several YouTubers' podcasts like the Numberphile Podcast,[15] Siraj Raval,[16] Lex Fridman,[17] and Showmakers,[9] hosted by Sam from Wendover Productions and Brian from Real Engineering. Sanderson also briefly hosted his own podcast called "Ben, Ben and Blue" with Ben Stenhaug and YouTuber Ben Eater.[18]

Talks

In August 2019, Sanderson delivered a keynote titled Concrete before Abstract at ODSC India. The talk outlines a principle he attempts to abide by when creating videos to make mathematics accessible.[19][20]

In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in An Evening with Grant Sanderson, hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.[21] Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to bring “bring life to math” with visuals, graphics, and animations.[22]

“When people engage with fiction, no one ever asks, ‘When am I going to use this?’ [...] The same thing fiction can do for people, so can math. There’s wonder and mystery — and once there’s a story, you can go behind the mechanics.”

References

  1. ^ a b "About 3Blue1Brown". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "3Blue1Brown Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. ^ "Grant Sanderson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  4. ^ Williams, Al, Fourier Explained: [3Blue1Brown] Style!
  5. ^ Kinney, Biil, Why Does Slicing a Cone Give an Ellipse?, retrieved 2020-02-07
  6. ^ "Multivariable calculus - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  7. ^ "Meet our Talent Search winners". Khan Academy. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  8. ^ a b "FAQ/Contact". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  9. ^ a b "Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software". 2018-01-12.
  10. ^ "3b1b/manim". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  11. ^ 3Blue1Brown (2017-09-13), Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics), retrieved 2018-09-01{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ MinutePhysics (2018-07-20), Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown), retrieved 2018-09-01
  13. ^ "How Cryptocurrencies Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  14. ^ "A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  15. ^ Numberphile Podcast, The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown), retrieved 2019-08-22
  16. ^ Siraj Raval Podcast #3, 3Blue1Brown & Mathematics, retrieved 2019-08-22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast, 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics, retrieved 2020-01-19
  18. ^ Ben, Ben and Blue, Ben, Ben and Blue, retrieved 2020-02-07
  19. ^ Concrete before Abstract - ODSC India 2019, retrieved 2020-02-07
  20. ^ Open Data Science Conference India – The Largest Applied Data Science and AI Conference returns to India, retrieved 2020-02-07
  21. ^ {{Citation |last=Wei |first=Patricia |title=3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson ’15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals
  22. ^ Kapadia, Huzefa, EP 159: 3Blue1Brown on How to Show the Natural Beauty of Mathematics
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