The Opposite of Infinity - Numberphile

Continuing to talk Infinitesimals, this time with Dr James Grime.
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[regenald]

I hated math in school but now i realize after watching these videos that it wasn't math I hated, it was the class.

[critstixdarkspear]

The amount of theory in his brain has impinged so hard on on his motor functions that he can no longer draw shapes. Bless him for the sacrifices he has made.

[_nines]

And then the engineer comes along and says
"Eh it's within 10%, it's fine..."

[jackie]

I love how all the people in these videos are so excited to talk about these things.

[frosty]

My math teacher wouldn't accept work done in pen, and here this guy is using a permanent marker.

[StJimmy]

I’m pretty confident that if I had Dr. Grimes as a teacher I wouldn’t have switched majors and gone on to Calculus II

[serenes]

"let's say I have a circle"...draws lopsided potato

edit: this is meant to be a humorous observation I have nothing against his theoretical circle

[NowhereManForever]

I like this sneaky way of teaching your viewers calculus without saying the scary C word.

[kakalimukherjee]

8:58
You are a damn genius. You taught why the derivative is the inverse of the integral and what slope has to do with area in less than 30 seconds

[giraculum]

10:00 "They discovered that Newton came up with it first. Leibniz then died..." what, like, immediately? That's harsh.

[Vidi]

Dr. Grime's enthusiasm is immensely encouraging. Even the least curious among us must find his presentation engaging.
I wonder whether any single person fortunate enough to have studied under his personal direction did not succeed. Bravo!

[mva]

4 AM on a work night, a video about the opposite of infinity? BRING IT

[RenoLuke]

Little known fact: George and Fred Weasley aren’t twins, they are in fact triplets and the third became a mathmagician

[grandmastarflash]

anyone that thinks they have found the worlds smallest number obviously haven't seen my bank balance

[NyanSten]

Newton: I have invented calculus
Leibniz: I have invented calculus
Newton: That sounds derivative

[manual]

I will become a mathematician, just so i can write on brown paper with green sharpies.

[keithwilson]

I love the way James says "noooomba."

[TiagoSeiler]

Teachers in school go: "Area of a circle is 2pi r^2". The kids ask why, and teachers just say "because it is". Two weeks after class everybody's already forgotten what the formula was. If we were taught WHY in school (just like this three minute segment at the start) we would never forget these things.

[satanspotatoes]

My man just drew the worst circle ever and then proceeded to draw the most perfect f i have ever seen.
You can see my amazement at 7:59

[naysonbigelow]

7:00
He literally just summed up an entire semester of calculus in just a couple minutes

This man is a genius