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==Background==
==Background==
Grant Sanderson is a math graduate from [[Stanford University]]. He worked for [[Khan Academy]] from 2015 to 2016, producing videos about [[multivariable calculus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQl0a2vh4HC5feHa6Rc5c0wbRTx56nF7 |title=Multivariable calculus - YouTube |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/125876900000/meet-our-talent-search-winners |title=Meet our Talent Search winners |work=Khan Academy |access-date=2018-09-28 |language=en}}</ref> After approximately one year, Sanderson quit to focus full-time on 3Blue1Brown.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/about|title=FAQ/Contact|website=3Blue1Brown|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQl0a2vh4HC5feHa6Rc5c0wbRTx56nF7 |title=Multivariable calculus - YouTube |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/125876900000/meet-our-talent-search-winners |title=Meet our Talent Search winners |work=Khan Academy |access-date=2018-09-28 |language=en}}</ref> After approximately one year, Sanderson quit to focus full-time on 3Blue1Brown.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/about|title=FAQ/Contact|website=3Blue1Brown|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref>


3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In the podcast Showmakers<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwzy7Y3Qa0|title=Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software|last=|first=|date=2018-01-12|website=|access-date=}}</ref> Sanderson has explained he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a graphics library in [[Python (programming language)|Python]], which eventually became the open source project "Manim" (short for mathematical animations).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/3b1b/manim|title=3b1b/manim|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> 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.
3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In the podcast Showmakers<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwzy7Y3Qa0|title=Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software|last=|first=|date=2018-01-12|website=|access-date=}}</ref> Sanderson has explained he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a graphics library in [[Python (programming language)|Python]], which eventually became the open source project "Manim" (short for mathematical animations).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/3b1b/manim|title=3b1b/manim|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> 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.

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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
Subscribers2.15 million[1]
Total views93.2 million[1]
Associated actsMinutePhysics
100,000 subscribers2016[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2018[2][3]
Last updated: October 11, 2019

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, quaternions and topology.

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.[4][5] After approximately one year, Sanderson quit to focus full-time on 3Blue1Brown.[6]

3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In the podcast Showmakers[7] Sanderson has explained 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).[8] 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 a self-made Python library, with the exception of some 3D animations where he has used macOS's Grapher application.[6]

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.[9][10] Two of the channel's videos have been featured on Popular Mechanics.[11][12]

Sanderson has appeared on several educational youtuber's podcasts like the Numberphile Podcast,[13] Siraj Raval[14] and Showmakers,[7] 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.

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. ^ "Multivariable calculus - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  5. ^ "Meet our Talent Search winners". Khan Academy. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  6. ^ a b "FAQ/Contact". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  7. ^ a b "Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software". 2018-01-12.
  8. ^ "3b1b/manim". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  9. ^ 3Blue1Brown (2017-09-13), Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics), retrieved 2018-09-01{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ MinutePhysics (2018-07-20), Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown), retrieved 2018-09-01
  11. ^ "How Cryptocurrencies Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  12. ^ "A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work". Popular Mechanics. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  13. ^ Numberphile Podcast, The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown), retrieved 2019-08-22
  14. ^ Siraj Raval Podcast #3, 3Blue1Brown & Mathematics, retrieved 2019-08-22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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