I particularlylikethingsthatseemsimpleatfirstbutturnouttobequitecomplicatedorhaveinvolvedstoriesbehindthemthatyou'renotgoingtoexpectwhenyoufirsthearaboutit.
Sothere's a kindoftopicsthat I reallylike.
Well, mynameisDerrickand I run a channelcalledVeryTASI.
Um, I'm byheartand I makevideosaboutcoolmathematics.
She's Danish.
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Am I lookingatthecamera?
MynameisHenry, right?
And I maketheminutephysicsvideos.
That's verygood.
For $3.
I'm like a normalguythathappens.
Thioenjoyscience, and I liketostudyitthroughsettingitlittleexperimentsandfiguringstuffout.
I callmyself a mathofmusicianbecausethat's a titlethatdoesn't reallyhaveanyassociations, so I canmakeitwhatever I wantand I'llsay, Ohyeah, that's whatmathwithmathmusiciansdo.
I wenttoschoolformusic, mydegreesinmusicfromStonyBrookUniversity.
Andmathhasalwaysbeenmyhobby.
Well, I wasreallyinterestedinphysicsandscience.
I lovethosethings, but I'm alsointerestedinincommunicatingandinmakingfilms, thecraftofmakingsomethingthatpeoplecouldwatchandactuallylearnsomethingfrom.
SomyPhDwasaboutmergingthosetwopassionsso I couldlookatphysicsandalsohowtocommunicateit.
I really I reallylikebeingablethiolikewalkthroughLondonandnotnotberecognized, and I veryhighlyvaluemyanonymityandplusnothavingmyfaceinthevideosforcesmetoconcentratemuchMauronthevisualsideofanexplanationfor a particulartopics.
So I can't justshootmyselftalkingaboutit.
I havetothinkaboutwhatpicturesaregonnabethere.
Mygrandfatherwastheonepersonthatchangedtheway I lookattheentireworld.
Socommittinganywherefrom 10 secondsto 10 minutesroughlyon, I thoughtthatwas a prettyneatnamebecauseitfitsontheperiodictable.
Sothat's where I gotthelogofrom.
Andit's gottheatomicnumber I, whichistheimaginarynumber, thesquarerootofnegativeone, which I thoughtwasonlyfairsinceverytasi, um, isnotactually a reallyelement.
Ah, Andthenit's gotthemassnumber 42 whichis a referencetoHitchhiker's GuidetotheGalaxyandtheanswertoAh, Life, theuniverseandeverything.
Yeah, myhappytriangleperson.
Um, somyhappytrianglewindwindwas a characterinoneofmyvideoswholivedon a Mobiusstrip, andthischaracterendedupdrawingoverandoverbecause I reallyliketriangles.
Trianglesareeasytodraw, andthereasonthischaracterwas a trianglewasbecauseit's just a simplegeometricshapeinsomeways, it's thedefinitionofEuclideangeometry, justsoEuclidean.
It's noplainer.
Sofordrawingonpaperforvideo, whichison a flatscreen, trianglesjustcompletelyexemplifythat.
I mean, triangleshavebeenusedas a symbolandsomanythingsforthisreasonthatit's gotthisthreenous.
It's gotthissimplicity.
Okay, there's AA, myfavoriteauthors, a guynamed C.
S.
Lewis.
Youwrote a bookcalledOf a SeriescalledTheChroniclesofNarnia.
AndinTheChroniclesofNarnia, there's a smallcharacternamedRita.
CheapRepeat, Cheapis a mouse.
Oftenthesecharactersgotobattle.
Butrepeat, sheephas a sword, andit's likehedoesn't knowthathe's small.