I Hated Calculus. Now I Love It w/ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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[Universe_University]

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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Letters from an Astrophysicist

Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour

The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

[INeedCents]

Toiling is an important part of calculus. Just toiling, drifting in your mind, thinking, helps out a lot. Helped get an insight into functions by learning to think of them as a transformation of the equation y=x, being stretched, squished, moved, etc. Really helped understand the chain rule.

[gmseven]

Scientist coming out of the Bronx NYC!!! Respect

[TheDeadOfNight]

Was that an Organic Chemistry Tutor thumbnail? What a chad

[erickbelvin]

I forget the full Greek proverb, at least I believe it to be Greek, but it goes something like, "The difficult becomes the mundane with the passage of time."

[spencerjackson]

I had the exact same experience opening up my first calculus textbook. The only difference was that I failed the course two times before I passed. I remember asking my uncle who is an architect and then my dad, who is a engineer. Both of them told me to fuck off they didn’t need to do calc anymore, both of them seem to have PTSD from it

[wolftailxx]

I never graduated because math is the only subject I instinctually understood. Everything else was read memorize regurgitate. Or write 5 pages on a topic I could answer in one paragraph. Most of college is "read this book"

[arafatm]

I have been through this. Man I have been through all this with It's seems hard fast. Damn impossible. Then after. A few weeks am smiling as things unfold. Sweetest feeling ever.

Anything is possible it's just patience and commitment

[athnealerodney]

Shout-out to the Bronx High School of Science.... NYC forever!!!

[TheGospelAccordingToMarkyD]

I failed math every year of highschool and barely graduated. After several years of regretting the lack of effort I put into school, I saw college as my second chance. I never took my SAT's, so I had to take a remedial exam to determine my placement. Since my reading, writing, and math was at a 7th/8th grade level, I had to start with the very basics. It took me several semesters just to get to college algebra. It was at that moment when I felt like, "I'z be a college student!" 😅 I too was dumbfounded when I made it to Calculus and thought I would never get it. Surpassing Calculus I, II, III, as well as Differential Equations I, II, and III, I was shocked when my professor told me that this was the type of math that is used to calculate the trajectory of the Space Shuttle. Educating oneself is not difficult. I would dare say that the hardest thing about college was...not giving up!

[plaaaaaaaatinum]

Just one reminder that sir Newton had invented this as side quest in his mid twenties

[kurtcarlson]

I think that what I love most here is that it’s on Sway’s show. He’s done the same on Rogan, Theo Von, Charlemagne or on dozens of other “nontraditional” outlets of scientific discussion. Any one of these conversations could help produce another scientist from a different background with different insights. That’s one hell of a legacy.

[madrabbit]

I loved math in high school... But calculus made me hate it, no idea how I graduated. but thankfully i don't need it for my job

[froggieredcliffe]

What a great story never say you can't do it

[stevekem]

I think of Calculus as not math, but logic solving

[martingonzalez]

What I liked about calculus is that it gave me a feeling similar to figuring puzzles in video games.

[constantiahonora]

Same here .. the calculus was weird until I “got it” .. then I fairly shouted out with joy🎉🎉🎉

[ZombieHunter]

So glad we have folks like him. To me math has always been hard. I'm 40 years old and anything beyond simple addition and subtraction is a complete mystery to me.

[stevedebbiemoore]

I did the same on a miniscule level, understanding adiabatic equations to work out the size of cpc's and disconnection times for my electrical inspection and testing qualification.

[matchavez]

To me knowledge of anything is like maps in video games. You start with the whole map dark and the More you learn, the more the map gets uncovered. Now you may only need to uncover a certain amount for your own purpose and that's fine or you may decide that you want to be a master and uncover the whole thing and certain areas, like math, science, medicine, you can be a pioneer and open up parts of the map that nobody knew were covered up. That's the really cool stuff but the coolest is when you see that a part everyone thought was uncovered actually wasn't and it changes the whole way people look at the map.