Vi Hart on "What is Up with Noises?"

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2011/09/26 @ 9:00 pm
Category Education, Music, Science

The amazing Vi Hart (daughter of our Math Monday columnist George Hart) strikes again with this over 12 minute video explaining the math, science, and art behind sound. In many of Vi’s videos, she talks really fast, and it’s a style that works for her, but for something this info-dense, with lots of visual aids, it’s worth going through a few times to absorb everything. She’s always entertaining enough to make it worth your while; her illustrations are wonderful and her seemingly effortless creativity is truly inspiring.

As a bonus track, here’s Vi singin’ those “Low-Frequency Blues.” Sing it, sister!

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0 Responses to Vi Hart on "What is Up with Noises?"

Ken Norris on September 27th, 2011 at 12:39 pm said:

Truly impressive. Should be required viewing for all beginning physics classes. The best explaination I’ve seen as to how your ear recognizes sound and identifies a particular instrument or voice in the midst of a noisy background.

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Abraham Limpo Martinez on September 27th, 2011 at 2:13 pm said:

I love her video series. She has a way to explain these things that I can understand. I wish I had teachers like her in school (maybe I learned more about math and physics)

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Abraham Limpo Martinez on September 27th, 2011 at 2:13 pm said:

I love her video series. She has a way to explain these things that I can understand. I wish I had teachers like her in school (maybe I learned more about math and physics)

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Abraham Limpo Martinez on September 27th, 2011 at 2:13 pm said:

I love her video series. She has a way to explain these things that I can understand. I wish I had teachers like her in school (maybe I learned more about math and physics)

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Abraham Limpo Martinez on September 27th, 2011 at 2:13 pm said:

I love her video series. She has a way to explain these things that I can understand. I wish I had teachers like her in school (maybe I learned more about math and physics)

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Chris Goode on September 27th, 2011 at 11:47 pm said:

Brilliant! 4 weeks of a neurobiology of music seminar in 12 minutes! The only thing I would change is it’s basilar, not vasilar, from the root common to “base.” It’s the membrane where the sensory receptor cells are anchored, so it serves as the base of the whole cochlear apparatus. I love your work Vi!

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