You really don’t have to know or care what “binary trees” are to appreciate Vi Hart’s genius. And I’m so excited to finally introduce you all to her.
Vi calls herself a “recreational mathematician.” In other words, she plays with math, and it’s really amazing stuff. Just a couple of years ago, she graduated from Stony Brook University, with a degree in music. (Her senior project was a seven-movement piece about Harry Potter.) Before that, she got hooked on math when her father took her to a computational geometry conference. (George W. Hartis now chief of content for the soon-to-open Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan.)
In short, she’s not a trained math geek. She just loves math.
She’s also funny and infectious. I dare you to watch this video and not laugh. And nope, you don’t have to know what binary trees are to get the jokes. (Psst, you don’t even have to love math to love Vi.)
I’ll post more of Vi’s awesome videos in weeks to come. Let me know what you think in the comments section!
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