Vi Hart's Videos for Learning Math While Doodling

  

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We can all remember times when we doodled in class. Vi Hart has taken this artistic outlet and added a math twist. Hart, who calls herself a “mathemusician”, has created a series of YouTube videos that simplify complex mathematical concepts with visual explanations.

Check out this video by Vi Hart that turns prime numbers and Pascal’s Triangle into an exciting doodled art project. It includes several number games that can be “played” casually on scrap paper. I love watching how patterns take shape on the page as she goes.

A quirky interview with Hart can be found in a January article from the New York Times. She claims she wants to be “the ambassador of mathematics,” and with the following she has been gaining through her videos, she’s well on her way.