Vi Hart
| Vi Hart | |
|---|---|
 Hart while attending Stony Brook University, sitting on top of a finished project | |
| Born |
Victoria Hart 1988 (age 27–28)[1][2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | sel |
| Occupation | Recreational Mathemusician |
| Known for | Mathematical/musical YouTube videos |
| Website | vihart.com |
Victoria Hart, commonly known as Vi Hart, (/ˈvaɪ hɑːrt/)[3] is a self-described "recreational mathemusician" who is most known for creating mathematical videos on YouTube.[4][5][6]
Hart is the child of mathematical sculptor George W. Hart, and was educated at Stony Brook University.[4] As well as producing mathematical videos, Hart has co-authored several research papers on computational geometry and the mathematics of paper folding.[7]
Hart was previously supported by Khan Academy making videos for the educational site as their "Resident Mathemusician". Currently, Hart works in a research group called eleVR creating virtual reality videos, and in the past has also collaborated on educational computer games.[3][8][9][10] One of these project is Hypernom a game where the player has to eat part of 4 dimensional polytopes which are Stereographically projected into 3D and viewed using a virtual reality headset.[11]
Hart identifies as gender agnostic.[12]
References
- ↑ "Khan Academy’s mathemusician Vi Hart brings dull lessons to life". Wired. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Mathematical artist: Why hyperbolic space is awesome". New Scientist. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "FAQ". Vi Hart.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- 1 2 Chang, Kenneth (January 17, 2011), "Bending and Stretching Classroom Lessons to Make Math Inspire", The New York Times.
- ↑ Bell, Melissa (December 17, 2010), "Making math magic: Vi Hart doodles her lessons", The Washington Post.
- ↑ Krulwich, Robert (December 16, 2010), I Hate Math! (Not After This, You Won't), NPR
- ↑ Vi Hart's publications indexed by the DBLP Bibliography Server at the University of Trier. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". eleVR. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ Bhatia, Aatish (December 8, 2014). "Empirical Zeal How Small Biases Lead to a Divided World: An Interactive Exploration of Racial Segregation". Wired.
- ↑ Case, Nicky; Hart, Vi. "Parable of the Polygons". Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ Lawson-Perfect, Christian (July 31, 2015). "Hypernom". The Aperiodical. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ vihartvihart (April 30, 2014). "Fun fact: I consider myself gender agnostic. "Person," not "Woman," please. I respect your religion, but don't like having it pushed on me." (Tweet).