Calculus Rhapsody - A 10 Year Retrospective

Phil and Mike were in the same town for a couple days recently and decided to respond to 10 years of YouTube comments and discuss their video from 2009(!), Calculus Rhapsody. We really appreciate all of the nice comments over the past 10 years. It's crazy how many people have seen the video. If you have a question about the video or us, leave a comment here! I'll try to reply to as many as I can.

A HUGE thank you to Pete Byrne who edited this video.

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[WordGospel]

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[QuartzIsAnOxide]

"Add a constant labelled C"
I can't even begin to imagine how many lives this has saved.

[itskarudo]

"neither of us remember how to do calculus"
I'm dead

[dangermenatwork]

EVERY ONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS
CALCULUS RHAPSODY WAS THE BEST THING YOUTUBE'S RECOMMENDED

[cryvax]

the dislike is the kid who failed calculus

[kirbykatastrophe]

My AP Calculus teacher showed us this. This video actually helped me in Calculus. It was surprisingly useful. And I will show my students when I graduate in a year and a half! Whether they like it or not it will be a fun goofy thing to show and review topics. I actually used the video in a grad project for a lesson plan because I loved it so much. Thank you!

[shalashaska]

I'll be honest with you, guys.
Before watching your Calculus Rhapsody video, I was actually already pretty good in maths and in calculus.
But your video actually turned me into a maths-loving nerd to the point that I actually spend my evenings doing calculus exercises just for the fun of it, and that made my grades skyrocket even more!!!

Thank you so much, guys!!

[davidellinger]

The reason it's still around is pretty simple: it's impressive, well done technically (despite little experience), and no one has improved on it. Math teachers ensure its continued success.

[ookieososes]

i love randomly quoting calculus rhapsody out of context to my friends

[petebyrne]

Thank YOU for letting me edit you goofy, good boys.

[christineworonko]

I teach Calculus and showing your video has been a highlight of my class for years! Our favorite part is "Precalculus did not help me prepare for Calculus!" because I have many students for both classes.

[firebow]

you don't even know how many times the "you gotta remember to multiply by the chain" has saved my sorry little ass

[datb]

"Ding Dongers" is that a VSauce reference. Y'all are intellectuals.

[amaratuber]

Not in calculus, I’m in Applied Geometry but that video is still a bop! Sent it to my friends who are actually in the class.

[darylcooper]

I have been showing this video to my class for 10 years. Many thanks !

[Peter_Lego]

Late to the party but:
I found Calculus Rhapsody when I was in Year 11, and thought it was the greatest thing ever (also, it taught me what integration was).
10 years on, I teach high school maths and make a point of showing it to ALL my students the second we mention calculus. You both made something really amazing!!!
An important question that has bugged me forever though... when applying the chain rule, what is The Dance that we must not forget to do? I need to inflict it on all my future students!

[casey]

I’m in the second last year of a university degree in mathematics and I still remember when my calculus teacher in high school showed Calculus Rhapsody to us. It is as much a banger as it was then and indeed was 10 years ago. Congrats on the success and glad to see you’re around and doing well!

[chwytliwanazwa]

Calculus rhapsody actually reminded me of the existance of bohenian rhapsody which got me into music overall xD Thank you

[prathameshpradipdatar]

No idea why YouTube recommended this 10 years later but surely was a pleasant surprise!

[pellaeon]

It’s super interesting to see the huge effect something randomly uploaded to YouTube can have!
I will definitely be checking out the podcast btw.