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	\| logo_caption = The channel name and logo reference the color of Grant's right eye, which has blue-brown ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=Grant Sanderson The Hope Diamond\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU&t=~~826s~~ }}</ref> It also symbolizes the channel's visual approach to math.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/faq\|~~title~~=~~FAQ/Contact~~\|website=3Blue1Brown\|language=en-US~~\|access-date=2020-07-29~~}}</ref>		\| logo_caption = The channel name and logo reference the color of Grant's right eye, which has blue-brown ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=Grant Sanderson The Hope Diamond \| date=December 12, 2018 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU&t=83s}}</ref> It also symbolizes the channel's visual approach to math.<ref name=":p">{{Cite web \|title=FAQ/Contact \|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/faq \|access-date=2020-07-29 \|website=3Blue1Brown \|language=en-US}}</ref>
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			'''3Blue1Brown''' is a math ] created and run by '''Grant Sanderson'''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=About \|url=https://www.3blue1brown.com/about \|access-date=2023-10-08 \|website=3Blue1Brown }}</ref> The channel focuses on teaching ] from a visual perspective, and on the process of discovery and ] in mathematics, which Sanderson calls "inventing math".<ref>{{Citation \|title=What does it feel like to invent math? \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDM1ip5HdU \|website=YouTube \|date=Aug 13, 2015 \|last1=((3blue1brown)) \|language=en \|access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref>

			==Grant Sanderson==
	'''3Blue1Brown''' is a math ] created and run by '''Grant Sanderson'''. The channel focuses on teaching higher mathematics from a visual perspective, and on the process of discovery and ] in mathematics, which Sanderson calls "inventing math". Topics covered include ], ], ]s, the ], the ], ]s and ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=3Blue1Brown - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown/videos\|access-date=2021-07-30\|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> As of May 2022, the channel has 4.51 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=3Blue1Brown - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-09\|website=www.youtube.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221235558/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw \|archive-date=2016-02-21 }}</ref>
			===Early life and education===
			Sanderson graduated from ] in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.<ref name=":1" /> He worked for ] from 2015 to 2016 as part of their content fellowship program, producing videos and articles about ], after which he started focusing his full attention on 3Blue1Brown.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=About the author \|url=https://www.3blue1brown.com/about#about-the-author \|website=3Blue1Brown \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526143819/https://www.3blue1brown.com/about \|archive-date=2020-05-26 \|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

	==~~History~~==		===Career===
			In 2020, Grant Sanderson became one of the creators and lecturers of the ] course ''Introduction to Computational Thinking'', together with ], David Sanders, James Schloss, and Benoit Forget.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=18.S191 Introduction to Computational Thinking \|date= Fall 2020 \|url=https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/ \|publisher=MIT \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228224127/https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/ \|archive-date= Feb 28, 2024 }}</ref> The course uses the ] and Grant Sanderson's animations to explain various topics: ], ], ] ], ], ], introduction to ], ], and the algorithms that lie behind these topics.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Course Materials {{!}} Introduction to Computational Thinking {{!}} Mathematics \|url=https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s191-introduction-to-computational-thinking-fall-2020/pages/course-materials/ \|access-date=2023-09-17 \|website=MIT OpenCourseWare \|language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231012201857/https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s191-introduction-to-computational-thinking-fall-2020/pages/course-materials/ \|archive-date= Oct 12, 2023 }}</ref>
	Sanderson graduated from ] in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in math. He worked for ] from 2015 to 2016 as part of their content fellowship program, producing videos and articles about ], after which he started focusing his full attention on 3Blue1Brown.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About the author\|url=https://www.3blue1brown.com/about#about-the-author\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526143819/https://www.3blue1brown.com/about\|archive-date=2020-05-26\|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

			In February 2022, Sanderson determined that the best starting word in the game '']'' was <code>CRANE</code> using ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=7 February 2022 \|title=Wordle's best starting word found by YouTuber using math \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22921761/wordle-best-starting-word-solution-youtube-video \|website=] \|first1=Austen \|last1=Goslin \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012202202/https://www.polygon.com/22921761/wordle-best-starting-word-solution-youtube-video \|archive-date= Oct 12, 2023 }}</ref> Later, he stated that the code he wrote to determine the best starting word had a bug in it, and the actual best starting word that gives the lowest average score is <code>SALET</code>.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=These are the best starting words to use to play Wordle, according to a math expert \|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/02/08/wordle-best-first-word/6701943001/ \|website=] \|date=Feb 8, 2022 \|first1=Brett \|last1=Molina \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418034435/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/02/08/wordle-best-first-word/6701943001/ \|archive-date= Apr 18, 2023 }}</ref>
	3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In a podcast of ''Showmakers'', Sanderson explained that he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a graphics library in ], which eventually became the ] project "Manim" (short for Mathematical Animation Engine).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Manim source code\|website=]\|url=https://github.com/3b1b/manim\|archive-date=2020-08-18\|access-date=2020-08-18}}</ref> To have a goal for the project, he decided to create a video with the library and upload it to YouTube. On March 4, 2015, he uploaded his first video. He started to publish more videos and to improve the graphics tool.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Grant Sanderson - 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software\|url=http://showmakers.libsyn.com/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown\|date=Jan 12, 2018\|website=Showmaker's\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712004458/http://showmakers.libsyn.com/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown\|archive-date=2019-07-12\|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

			In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in ''An Evening with Grant Sanderson'', hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Wei \|first=Patricia \|title=3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson '15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals \|date=24 January 2020 \|url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals \|website= The Stanford Daily \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312010505/https://stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals/ \|archive-date= Mar 12, 2024 }}</ref> Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to "bring life to math" with visuals, graphics, and animations.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Kapadia \|first=Huzefa \|title=EP 159: 3Blue1Brown on How to Show the Natural Beauty of Mathematics \|url=https://scalarlearning.com/2018/04/ep-159-3blue1brown-on-how-to-show-the-natural-beauty-of-mathematics \|date=April 23, 2018 \|website=Scalar Learning \|access-date=2020-02-07 \|archive-date=2020-09-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922050241/https://scalarlearning.com/2018/04/ep-159-3blue1brown-on-how-to-show-the-natural-beauty-of-mathematics/ \|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2021, Sanderson was one of several featured speakers at ] 2021.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Featured Speakers \|url=https://s2021.siggraph.org/event/featured-speakers/ \|access-date=15 October 2021 \|website=SIGGRAPH 2021}}</ref>
	In 2020, Grant Sanderson became one of the creators and lecturers of the ] course ''Introduction to Computational Thinking'', together with ], David Sanders, James Schloss, and Benoit Forget.<ref>{{cite web \|title=MIT 18.S191 Introduction to Computational Thinking Welcome \|url=https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/}}</ref> The course uses the ] and Grant Sanderson's animations to explain various topics: ], ], ] data visualization, ], ], introduction to ], ], and the algorithms that lie behind these topics.

			In November 2022, Sanderson delivered a keynote speech, "What can algorithms teach us about education?", at the 17th Dutch National Informatics Congress CelerIT hosted by Stichting Nationaal Informatica Congres (SNiC).<ref>{{cite web \|title=What can algorithms teach us about education? \|date=30 November 2022 \|url=https://celerit.nl/speakers \|website=celerit.nl \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221201204232/https://celerit.nl/speakers \|archive-date=1 December 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sanderson offered his perspective on how mathematics education should evolve in the future and related his findings with the way neural networks learn, he emphasizes the need for students to grasp concepts and understand them.
	==Videos==
	3Blue1Brown videos are themed around visualizing math, including pure math such as ] and ] as well as more applied topics in computer science and physics. The visuals are predominantly generated by Manim, a Python animation library written by Sanderson, though occasionally visuals are drawn from other software such as ]'s ] application.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/faq\|title=FAQ/Contact\|website=3Blue1Brown\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref> The channel includes several series on topics including linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, and neural networks.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=3Blue1Brown Series\|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=20\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> During the beginning of the ], the channel also featured a series of live-streamed lectures under the name "Lockdown Math" aimed at students learning from home.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Lockdown math - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDP5CVelJJ1bNDouqrAhVPev\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

			== Origin ==
	Sanderson also usually presents each video lesson using the format of ]. Videos generally start with some problem, puzzle, or question, which the viewer is then led to "pause and ponder" frequently and which Sanderson's narrative style leads the viewer to "invent math" on their own as a means of better connecting with the concepts being taught.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Grant Sanderson: 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #64\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lKUK2MCsg\|language=en\|access-date=2021-12-26}}</ref>
			3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In an episode of the podcast ''Showmakers'', Sanderson explained that he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a ] in ], which eventually became the ] project Manim (Mathematical Animation Engine).<ref name=":0" /> To have a goal for the project, he decided to create a video with the library and upload it to YouTube. On March 4, 2015, he uploaded his first video. He started publishing more videos and improving the graphics tool.<ref name=":40">{{Cite web \|date=Jan 12, 2018 \|title=Grant Sanderson - 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software \|url=http://showmakers.libsyn.com/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712004458/http://showmakers.libsyn.com/grant-sanderson-3blue1brown \|archive-date=2019-07-12 \|access-date=2020-05-26 \|website=Showmaker's}}</ref>

			==Videos, podcasts and other media==
	The channel has collaborated with several other educational YouTube channels, including ],<ref>{{Citation\|last=3Blue1Brown \|title=Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics) \|date=2017-09-13 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRCDLre1b4\|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|last=MinutePhysics \|title=Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown)\|date=2018-07-20 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIjYBtnvZU\|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> ], ], ], and ].<ref>Examples of video collaborations:
			3Blue1Brown videos are themed around visualizing math, including pure math such as ] and ] as well as more applied topics in computer science and physics, The visuals are predominantly generated by Manim, a Python animation library written by Sanderson, though occasionally visuals are drawn from other software such as ]'s ] application.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=FAQ/Contact \|url=http://www.3blue1brown.com/faq \|access-date=2020-07-29 \|website=3Blue1Brown \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			The channel's videos have been featured in '']'',<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2017-07-10 \|title=How Cryptocurrencies Really Work \|language=en-US \|work=Popular Mechanics \|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a27241/how-bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-work/ \|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2017-10-06 \|title=A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work \|language=en-US \|work=Popular Mechanics \|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a28539/what-is-a-neural-network/ \|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Weiner \|first=Sophie \|date=2017-08-13 \|title=Here's a Cool Way to Visualize Higher Dimensions \|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a27737/visualize-higher-dimensions/ \|access-date=2020-07-29 \|website=Popular Mechanics \|language=en-US}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Mathematicians say preventative measures could have huge impact on coronavirus spread \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mathematicians-preventative-measures-huge-impact-coronavirus-spread/story?id=69620937 \|access-date=2020-07-29 \|website= \|publisher=ABC News \|language=en}}</ref> and '']''.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sanderson \|first=Grant \|title=How Pi Connects Colliding Blocks to a Quantum Search Algorithm \|url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-pi-connects-colliding-blocks-to-a-quantum-search-algorithm-20200121/ \|access-date=2020-07-29 \|website=Quanta Magazine \|date=January 21, 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> Sanderson has appeared on numerous notable podcasts, including ],<ref>{{Citation \|work=Numberphile Podcast \|title=The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown) \|date=December 12, 2018 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU \|language=en \|via=YouTube \|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> ], the ],<ref>{{cite web \|publisher=Art of Problem Solving \|work=AfterMath \|format=podcast \|title=Becoming a Renowned YouTube Educator, with Grant Sanderson \|url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/news/articles/becoming-a-renowned-youtube-educator-with-grant-sanderson \|language=en \|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> Siraj Raval,<ref>{{cite web \|work=Siraj Raval Podcast #3 \|title=3Blue1Brown & Mathematics \|date=August 19, 2019 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BXHmSzLEyw \|language=en \|via=YouTube \|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> and Showmakers.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-01-12 \|title=Episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software \|work=Showmakers \|format=podcast \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwzy7Y3Qa0 \|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|work=Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast \|title=3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics \|date=January 7, 2020 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lKUK2MCsg \|via=YouTube \|language=en \|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
	* {{Cite web\|last=Haran\|first=Brady\|title=Darts in Higher Dimensions (with 3blue1brown)\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_yU9eJ0NxA\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com\|publisher=]\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200706033730/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7Gkm7Y7h4 \|archive-date = 2020-07-06 }}
	* {{Cite web\|last=Sandlin\|first=Destin\|title=Dominoes - Hardcore Mode - Smarter Every Day 182 - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPIobthvHg\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com\|publisher=]\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200706033730/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7Gkm7Y7h4 \|archive-date = 2020-07-06 }}
	* {{Cite web\|last=Cowern\|first=Dianna\|title=How to Make a Square Vortex Ring! ft. 3blue1brown - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7d_RWyOv20\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com\|publisher=]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110141314/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7d_RWyOv20 \|archive-date=2018-11-10 }}
	* {{Cite web\|last=Parker\|first=Matt\|title=The almost impossible chessboard puzzle - YouTube\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7Gkm7Y7h4\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=www.youtube.com\|publisher=]\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200706033730/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7Gkm7Y7h4 \|archive-date = 2020-07-06 }}
	</ref> The channel's videos have been featured in ''],'' '']'', and '']''.<ref>Examples of press coverage:

			==Manim==
	* {{Cite news\|date=2017-07-10\|title=How Cryptocurrencies Really Work\|language=en-US\|work=Popular Mechanics\|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a27241/how-bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-work/\|access-date=2018-09-01}}
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	* {{Cite news\|date=2017-10-06\|title=A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work\|language=en-US\|work=Popular Mechanics\|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a28539/what-is-a-neural-network/\|access-date=2018-09-01}}
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	* {{Cite web\|title=Mathematicians say preventative measures could have huge impact on coronavirus spread\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mathematicians-preventative-measures-huge-impact-coronavirus-spread/story?id=69620937\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=ABC News\|language=en}}
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	* {{Cite web\|last=Sanderson\|first=Grant\|title=How Pi Connects Colliding Blocks to a Quantum Search Algorithm\|url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-pi-connects-colliding-blocks-to-a-quantum-search-algorithm-20200121/\|access-date=2020-07-29\|website=Quanta Magazine\|language=en}}</ref>
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	Sanderson appeared on the podcasts of Numberphile, ], the ], Siraj Raval, and Showmakers.<ref>List of podcast appearances:
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	* {{Citation\|last=Numberphile Podcast\|title=The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown)\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-22}}
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	* {{Citation\|last=Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast\|title=3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lKUK2MCsg\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-19}}
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	* {{Citation\|last=Art of Problem Solving's AfterMath podcast\|title=Becoming a Renowned YouTube Educator, with Grant Sanderson\|url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/news/articles/becoming-a-renowned-youtube-educator-with-grant-sanderson\|language=en\|access-date=2020-02-07}}
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	* {{Citation\|last=Siraj Raval Podcast #3\|title=3Blue1Brown & Mathematics\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BXHmSzLEyw\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-22}}
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	* {{Cite web\|date=2018-01-12\|title=Showmakers (podcast) episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software\|website=]\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwzy7Y3Qa0}}</ref> Sanderson briefly hosted his own podcast called "Ben, Ben and Blue" with Ben Stenhaug and YouTuber Ben Eater.<ref>{{Citation\|last=Ben, Ben and Blue\|title=Ben, Ben and Blue\|url=https://www.benbenandblue.com\|language=en\|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> In July 2021 he started a new podcast featuring interviews with prominent mathematicians and educators.<ref>{{Citation\|title=The 3b1b Podcast\|url=https://www.3blue1brown.com/podcast\|language=en\|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref>
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	Sanderson has converted many of his videos into a semi-interactive Web format available on his site.<ref>{{Citation\|title=3b1b - Lessons about creativity and discovery in math.\|url=https://www.3blue1brown.com\|language=en\|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref> Source code for Manim and tools used to build the 3b1b web site are available on Sanderson's ] repository.<ref>{{Citation\|title=3b1b (Grant Sanderson)\|url=https://github.com/3b1b\|language=en\|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref>
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	In February 2022, Sanderson determined that the best starting word on the game '']'' was <code>CRANE</code>.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.polygon.com/22921761/wordle-best-starting-word-solution-youtube-video\|title=Wordle's best starting word found by YouTuber using math\|website=]\|date=7 February 2022}}</ref> Later on, he stated that the code he wrote to determine the best starting word had a bug in it.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/02/08/wordle-best-first-word/6701943001/\|title = These are the best starting words to use to play Wordle, according to a math expert\|website = ]}}</ref>
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	In August 2019, Sanderson delivered a keynote titled ''Concrete before Abstract'' at ODSC India. The talk outlines a principle he attempts to follow to make mathematics accessible.<ref>{{Citation \|title=Concrete before Abstract - ODSC India 2019 \|date=18 May 2019 \|url=https://confengine.com/odsc-india-2019/proposal/10273/concrete-before-abstract \|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|title=Open Data Science Conference India – The Largest Applied Data Science and AI Conference returns to India \|url=https://india.odsc.com/ \|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>
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	In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in ''An Evening with Grant Sanderson'', hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Wei \|first=Patricia \|title=3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson '15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals \|date=24 January 2020 \|url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/01/24/3blue1brown-creator-grant-sanderson-15-talks-engaging-with-math-using-stories-and-visuals}}</ref> Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to “bring life to math” with visuals, graphics, and animations.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Kapadia \|first=Huzefa \|title=EP 159: 3Blue1Brown on How to Show the Natural Beauty of Mathematics \|url=https://scalarlearning.com/2018/04/ep-159-3blue1brown-on-how-to-show-the-natural-beauty-of-mathematics}}</ref>
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Math YouTube channel

3Blue1Brown

The channel name and logo reference the color of Grant's right eye, which has blue-brown sectoral heterochromia. It also symbolizes the channel's visual approach to math.

Personal information

Born

Grant Sanderson

Occupation

YouTuber

Website

www.3blue1brown.com

YouTube information

Channel

3Blue1Brown

Years active

2015–present

Genre(s)

Mathematics, Education

Subscribers

6.7 million

Total views

578.9 million

Associated acts

Matt Parker, MinutePhysics, Numberphile, Smarter Every Day, Mark Rober

Creator Awards
	100,000 subscribers	2016
	1,000,000 subscribers	2018

Last updated: November 28, 2024

3Blue1Brown is a math YouTube channel created and run by Grant Sanderson. The channel focuses on teaching higher mathematics from a visual perspective, and on the process of discovery and inquiry-based learning in mathematics, which Sanderson calls "inventing math".

Grant Sanderson

Early life and education

Sanderson graduated from Stanford University in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He worked for Khan Academy from 2015 to 2016 as part of their content fellowship program, producing videos and articles about multivariable calculus, after which he started focusing his full attention on 3Blue1Brown.

Career

In 2020, Grant Sanderson became one of the creators and lecturers of the MIT course Introduction to Computational Thinking, together with Alan Edelman, David Sanders, James Schloss, and Benoit Forget. The course uses the Julia programming language and Grant Sanderson's animations to explain various topics: convolutions, image processing, COVID-19 data visualization, epidemic modelling, ray tracing, introduction to climate modelling, ocean modelling, and the algorithms that lie behind these topics.

In February 2022, Sanderson determined that the best starting word in the game Wordle was CRANE using information theory. Later, he stated that the code he wrote to determine the best starting word had a bug in it, and the actual best starting word that gives the lowest average score is SALET.

In January 2020, Sanderson delivered a talk in An Evening with Grant Sanderson, hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau. Sanderson offered his perspective on engaging with math: instead of prioritizing usefulness, he emphasizes emotion, wonder and imagination. He aims to "bring life to math" with visuals, graphics, and animations. In August 2021, Sanderson was one of several featured speakers at SIGGRAPH 2021.

In November 2022, Sanderson delivered a keynote speech, "What can algorithms teach us about education?", at the 17th Dutch National Informatics Congress CelerIT hosted by Stichting Nationaal Informatica Congres (SNiC). Sanderson offered his perspective on how mathematics education should evolve in the future and related his findings with the way neural networks learn, he emphasizes the need for students to grasp concepts and understand them.

Origin

3Blue1Brown started as a personal programming project in early 2015. In an episode of the podcast Showmakers, Sanderson explained that he wanted to practice his coding skills and decided to make a graphics library in Python, which eventually became the open-source project Manim (Mathematical Animation Engine). To have a goal for the project, he decided to create a video with the library and upload it to YouTube. On March 4, 2015, he uploaded his first video. He started publishing more videos and improving the graphics tool.

Videos, podcasts and other media

3Blue1Brown videos are themed around visualizing math, including pure math such as number theory and topology as well as more applied topics in computer science and physics, The visuals are predominantly generated by Manim, a Python animation library written by Sanderson, though occasionally visuals are drawn from other software such as macOS's Grapher application.

The channel's videos have been featured in Popular Mechanics, ABC News, and Quanta Magazine. Sanderson has appeared on numerous notable podcasts, including Numberphile, Lex Fridman, the Art of Problem Solving, Siraj Raval, and Showmakers.

Manim

It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article. (Discuss) (September 2024)

Manim
Original author(s)	Grant Sanderson
Repository	github.com/3b1b/manim
Written in	Python
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Windows
Type	Animation engine
License	MIT License
Website	www.3blue1brown.com

Manim is a cross-platform, free and open-source animation engine released under the MIT License. It was initially developed by Grant Sanderson in early 2015.

References

Grant Sanderson The Hope Diamond, December 12, 2018
"FAQ/Contact". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "About 3Blue1Brown". YouTube.
^ "3Blue1Brown Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
"Grant Sanderson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
"About". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
3blue1brown (August 13, 2015), "What does it feel like to invent math?", YouTube, retrieved November 28, 2022
^ "About the author". 3Blue1Brown. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"18.S191 Introduction to Computational Thinking". MIT. Fall 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024.
"Course Materials | Introduction to Computational Thinking | Mathematics". MIT OpenCourseWare. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
Goslin, Austen (February 7, 2022). "Wordle's best starting word found by YouTuber using math". Polygon. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023.
Molina, Brett (February 8, 2022). "These are the best starting words to use to play Wordle, according to a math expert". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023.
Wei, Patricia (January 24, 2020), "3Blue1Brown creator Grant Sanderson '15 talks engaging with math using stories and visuals", The Stanford Daily, archived from the original on March 12, 2024
Kapadia, Huzefa (April 23, 2018), "EP 159: 3Blue1Brown on How to Show the Natural Beauty of Mathematics", Scalar Learning, archived from the original on September 22, 2020, retrieved February 7, 2020
"Featured Speakers". SIGGRAPH 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
"What can algorithms teach us about education?". celerit.nl. November 30, 2022. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022.
^ "FAQ/Contact". 3Blue1Brown. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
"Grant Sanderson - 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software". Showmaker's. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"How Cryptocurrencies Really Work". Popular Mechanics. July 10, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
"A Nitty-Gritty Explanation of How Neural Networks Really Work". Popular Mechanics. October 6, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
Weiner, Sophie (August 13, 2017). "Here's a Cool Way to Visualize Higher Dimensions". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
"Mathematicians say preventative measures could have huge impact on coronavirus spread". ABC News. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
Sanderson, Grant (January 21, 2020). "How Pi Connects Colliding Blocks to a Quantum Search Algorithm". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
"The Hope Diamond (with 3blue1brown)", Numberphile Podcast, December 12, 2018, retrieved August 22, 2019 – via YouTube
"Becoming a Renowned YouTube Educator, with Grant Sanderson" (podcast). AfterMath. Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
"3Blue1Brown & Mathematics". Siraj Raval Podcast #3. August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019 – via YouTube.
"Episode 14: 3Blue1Brown - Math Education & Programming Animation Software" (podcast). Showmakers. January 12, 2018 – via YouTube.
"3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics", Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast, January 7, 2020, retrieved January 19, 2020 – via YouTube

External links

Official website
manim on GitHub

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Grant Sanderson

Early life and education

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Videos, podcasts and other media

Manim

References

Further reading

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