Vi Hart

This article is about the mathemusician. For the California-born jazz singer, see Victoria Hart.
Vi Hart

Hart while attending Stony Brook University, sitting on top of one of her projects
Born Victoria Hart
Nationality American
Occupation Recreational Mathemusician
Known for Mathematical/musical YouTube videos
Website
vihart.com

Victoria Hart, commonly known as Vi Hart, (pronounced to rhyme with "Hi")[1] is a self-described "recreational mathemusician" who is most known for her mathematical videos on YouTube.[2][3][4]

Hart is the daughter of mathematical sculptor George W. Hart, and was educated at Stony Brook University.[2] As well as producing mathematical videos, she has co-authored several research papers on computational geometry and the mathematics of paper folding.[5]

Vi Hart has previously been supported by Khan Academy making videos for the educational site as their "Resident Mathemusician" and currently works in a research group called eleVR creating virtual reality videos.[1][6] She has also collaborated on educational computer games.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FAQ". Vi Hart.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chang, Kenneth (January 17, 2011), "Bending and Stretching Classroom Lessons to Make Math Inspire", New York Times.
  3. ↑ Bell, Melissa (December 17, 2010), "Making math magic: Vi Hart doodles her lessons", Washington Post.
  4. ↑ Krulwich, Robert (December 16, 2010), I Hate Math! (Not After This, You Won't), National Public Radio.
  5. ↑ Vi Hart's publications indexed by the DBLP Bibliography Server at the University of Trier, retrieved 2014-03-29.
  6. ↑ "About Us". eleVR. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Bhatia, Aatish (December 8, 2014). "Empirical Zeal How Small Biases Lead to a Divided World: An Interactive Exploration of Racial Segregation". wired.com.
  8. ↑ Case, Nicky; Hart, Vi. "Parable of the Polygons". Retrieved December 12, 2014.

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