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Vi Hart
vihart.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Vi Hart is a mathematician and artist who makes math doodling videos and writes about math, music, and social media.
What HN saysCommenters find her projects consistently cool and fascinating, and link her math doodling videos and the 'Fifty Fizzbuzzes' post.
49HN people shared it
22linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Vi Hart8 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 2Mathematical Doodling6 people · 18 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Google+ YouTube Integration5 people · 18 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 4Fifty Fizzbuzzes3 people · 155 points · first shared 2018 · 57 comments on HN
- 5A Mathematician’s Perspective on the Divide3 people · 7 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 6Möbius loop music box2 people · 35 points · first shared 2010 · 5 comments on HN
- 7Social Media Systems and Democracy2 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 8Net Neutrality in the US: Now What?2 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 9How many kinds of infinity are there?2 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10Pi is still wrong2 people · first shared 2011
- 11Peace for Triple Piano1 people · 338 points · first shared 2018 · 41 comments on HN
- 12Vi Hart: Stop-Motion Sillyband Fight. And topology.1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 13“How We Reopen” by “Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience” contributor Vi Hart1 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Mobius Story1 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 15Vi Hart: Binary Hand Dance1 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
sp332 · 2018-01-26
Here's a short series on math-based Thanksgiving foods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RyVWI4Onk&list=PLaNzoFtkQ7rZo-HK… It's hard to know where to stop recommending Vi Hart projects, I find them consistently cool and fascinating, so I'll just mention her blog http://vihart.com/ and Patreon https://www.patreon.com/vihart
scrame · 2011-10-01
For some great math-based doodling videos, check Vi Harts blog:
http://vihart.com/
I particularly like "Snake and Graphs":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKK95DAKms
bhrgunatha · 2019-01-01
My favourite Fizzbuzz articles 50 Fizzbuzzes [1] and Fizzbuzz in Tensorflow [2].
[1] http://vihart.com/fifty-fizzbuzzes/
[2] http://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/
acomjean · 2018-08-10
Reminds me of VI hart and her anti pi agenda. She made a video explaining how to get your followers passionate about your ideas (in this case pi< tau). Its sort of tongue in cheek but it makes some points about social media and the ability of it to influence people.
http://vihart.com/tau-day-2018-suspend-your-disbelief/
neolefty · 2012-01-04
Woo, I love it. I wondered if something was up ever since they collaborated on a video about scale: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/vi-and-sal-explore-how-we-think-about…
In hindsight, it looks suspiciously like the practical problem-solving part of an interview.
Vi seems like a well-rounded addition to Khan Academy: She makes videos and also does great hands-on educational inspiration with her artist-in-residence stints and all (update: http://vihart.com/blog/tags/Harvard.html).
Sal Khan wants to run a real school, and Vi will be a world-class camp counselor.
squasher · 2011-06-22
There are Science Cafes all over the world that have scientists give talks to laypersons: sciencecafes.org
Nerd Nite does the same thing, but with beer: nerdnite.com
Be a guest speaker at high schools in your area. Mike Merzenich graciously came to speak to my Neuroscience students, and they found it informative and inspiring.
Vi Hart does some really really neat math videos: http://vihart.com/
Above all, practice talking math to non-mathies. Use lots and lots of analogies, and don't forget to tap into the enthusiasm that brought you to the field in the first place.
robinhouston · 2010-12-17
There's lots more interesting stuff on her web site, too: http://vihart.com/
RiderOfGiraffes · 2010-12-16
I know this girl, and she's brilliant.
http://vihart.com/doodling
I especially love her Moebius music box
http://vihart.com/musicbox/
kunai · 2013-11-14
Why not post her original comments? http://vihart.com/
JKCalhoun · 2021-09-12
I immediately sought a paper model of a scutoid on the internet so I could build one (or two) ... Vi Hart did not disappoint:
http://vihart.com/scutoids/
pdkl95 · 2015-10-21
Vi Hart has a few interesting videos on infinity:
"Proof some infinities are bigger than other infinities" (w/ Cantor's diagonal proof)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6hE7NFIK0
"How many kinds of infinity are there?" (a very good list including surreals, P-adic, the long line, others)
http://vihart.com/how-many-kinds-of-infinity-are-there/
Also, I support her suggestion in "Infinite Trees Are Super Weird" that since we call uncountable line segments the "long line", we should call the uncountably-branching tree the "big tree".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEz-vGJvaik
jws · 2014-05-07
A cogent explanation of net neutrality which any internet user can probably understand.
Script at original site: http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/
joemaller1 · 2013-11-14
Why link BoingBoing and not directly to her actual blog post?
http://vihart.com/google-youtube-integration-kind-of-like-twilight-exc…
vog · 2013-11-14
Original article: http://vihart.com/google-youtube-integration-kind-of-like-twilight-exc…
HN Discussion to the original article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6719069
PilateDeGuerre · 2013-11-14
This is blogspam.
Original content: http://vihart.com/google-youtube-integration-kind-of-like-twilight-exc…
slindsey · 2012-04-11
I always go to Vi Hart (http://vihart.com/doodling/) when thinking about how we should teach math.
djm · 2011-05-20
This woman is awesome; be sure to have a look at her various other videos as well:
http://vihart.com/doodling/
http://vihart.com/videos/
michael_nielsen · 2011-01-23
Coincidentally, I just submitted a story to HN from another mathematician, artist and maker, which you might enjoy: http://vihart.com/blog/mobius-story/
It's an absolutely extraordinary video (watch closely!), and anyone who can create stuff like this will be able to do whatever they want. More background in this New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/science/18prof.html?_r=3
leephillips · 2021-12-27
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anonymfus · 2020-04-20
A blog post: http://vihart.com/how-we-reopen/
stevelosh · 2012-03-14
In a nutshell: http://vihart.com/blog/pi-is-still-wrong/
snes · 2011-03-14