3Blue1Brown
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 The channel name and logo reference the color of Grant's right eye, which has blue-brown sectoral heterochromia.[1] It also symbolizes the channel's visual approach to math. | ||||||||||
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| Born | Grant Sanderson | |||||||||
| Website | 3Blue1Brown.com | |||||||||
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| Years active | 5 | |||||||||
| Genre | Mathematics | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.9 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 143.6 million[2] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | MinutePhysics, Vsauce, Numberphile | |||||||||
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Last updated: June 24, 2020 | ||||||||||
3Blue1Brown is a math YouTube channel created by Grant Sanderson. The channel focuses on higher mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Topics covered include linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, the Riemann hypothesis, Fourier transform,[5] quaternions and topology.[6] As of June 2020, the channel has 2.87 million subscribers.
History
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. After approximately one year, Sanderson quit, focusing full-time on 3Blue1Brown.[7]
3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In a podcast of Showmakers, 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). 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. He started to publish more videos and improve the graphics tool.[8]
Videos
Grant Sanderson animates educational mathematics videos with Manim (a Python animation library he wrote himself), with the exception of some 3D animations where he has used macOS's Grapher application.[9]
Sanderson has uploaded series on topics including linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, and neural networks. The channel has collaborated with MinutePhysics to make videos on quantum physics and orbital motion.[10][11] Two of the channel's videos have been featured in Popular Mechanics.[12][13]
Sanderson appeared on podcasts such as the Numberphile Podcast,[14] the Art of Problem Solving's AfterMath podcast,[15] Siraj Raval,[16] Lex Fridman,[17] and Showmakers.[18] Sanderson briefly hosted his own podcast called "Ben, Ben and Blue" with Ben Stenhaug and YouTuber Ben Eater.[19]
Talks
In August 2019, Sanderson delivered a keynote titled Concrete before Abstract at ODSC India. The talk outlines a principle he attempts to follow to make mathematics accessible.[20][21]
In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in An Evening with Grant Sanderson, hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.[22] Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to “bring life to math” with visuals, graphics, and animations.[23]
“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.”
Grant delivered a TEDx talk titled What Makes People Engage With Math on February 9, 2020. A 20-minute video of the talk was uploaded to YouTube on Pi Day of the same year.[24]
References
- ^ Grant Sanderson (B.S. '15), retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ a b "About 3Blue1Brown". YouTube.
- ^ a b "3Blue1Brown Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
- ^ "Grant Sanderson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ Williams, Al, Fourier Explained: [3Blue1Brown] Style!
- ^ Kinney, Bill, Why Does Slicing a Cone Give an Ellipse?, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ "About the author". Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Grant Sanderson - 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software". Showmaker's. Jan 12, 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "FAQ/Contact". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ 3Blue1Brown (2017-09-13), Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics), retrieved 2018-09-01
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ MinutePhysics (2018-07-20), Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown), retrieved 2018-09-01
- ^ "How Cryptocurrencies Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ Numberphile Podcast, The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown), retrieved 2019-08-22
- ^ Art of Problem Solving's AfterMath podcast, Becoming a Renowned YouTube Educator, with Grant Sanderson, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ Siraj Raval Podcast #3, 3Blue1Brown & Mathematics, retrieved 2019-08-22
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast, 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics, retrieved 2020-01-19
- ^ "Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software". 2018-01-12.
- ^ Ben, Ben and Blue, Ben, Ben and Blue, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ Concrete before Abstract - ODSC India 2019, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ Open Data Science Conference India – The Largest Applied Data Science and AI Conference returns to India, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ Wei, Patricia, 3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson ’15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals
- ^ Kapadia, Huzefa, EP 159: 3Blue1Brown on How to Show the Natural Beauty of Mathematics
- ^ "What Makes People Engage With Math | Grant Sanderson | TEDxBerkeley". YouTube.
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