Bibliographic References
Ressources. Voices. ReadsA working list of the channels, sites, and voices that have actually changed how I think.
Each entry earns its place with one sentence. A sentence that has to be true.
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3Blue1Brown
Grant Sanderson turns abstract mathematics into visual intuition. The best available series on linear algebra, calculus, and neural networks, built from first principles with no shortcuts.
Alberta Tech
Engineering projects on embedded systems, electronics, and maker culture, presented with the dry humor of someone who has shorted enough circuits to find it funny.
Aleph 0
Short, visually precise explorations of topology, algebra, and analysis that make graduate-level ideas feel inevitable.
Cleo Abram — Huge If True
Former Vox journalist Cleo Abram makes technology optimism credible. Each episode picks a specific advance and argues, with full confidence, that it matters.
DVD Fond de Terrasse
Roda de Samba Fond de Terrasse recorded live in Paris on 07/06/2024. Video by EN FLEURS MEDIA.
Foro de Teresina
The sharpest Brazilian political-intellectual debate format. Early episodes with Malu Gaspard get closer than anything else to the ideas behind Brazilian public life.
HKUST Aerial Robotics Group
Competition recordings and technical demos from HKUST's aerial robotics group, one of the most credible teams working on fully autonomous multirotor systems.
Hannah Fry
UCL mathematician Hannah Fry applies probability and data science to crime, love, medicine, and society.
Howtown
Bev Fong's solo channel after Vox, covering science and technology with a reporter's instinct for finding what is actually worth your attention.
In Control Podcast
Alberto Padoan's podcast on control theory, mathematics, and robotics. The episode notes and references alone are worth bookmarking.
Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Recordings of IMPA's postgraduate courses, free and openly accessible. The most direct window into research-level Brazilian mathematics outside a classroom.
Kai Lentit — Programmers are also human
Short-form commentary on software engineering careers and the absurdities of the industry, written by someone who has clearly lived through all of it.
LaurieWired
Laurie Kirk covers reverse engineering, malware analysis, and low-level binary exploitation with more clarity than most textbooks. She also has a Corgi.
Léo do Cavaco
One of Brazil's finest pagodeiros. The channel mixes virtuoso cavaquinho playing with a straightforward, unreserved affection for the samba de raiz tradition.
MIT OpenCourseWare
Full MIT lecture series, free. Gilbert Strang's linear algebra alone is worth the bookmark, and the rest holds to the same standard.
Marcello Caminha
Violão gaúcho player and teacher. The channel covers fingerstyle technique, regional repertoire from southern Brazil, and the process of learning a piece without losing what makes it yours.
Matemática Humanista
Mathematics taught as a historical and philosophical discipline, where the history of ideas comes before the formulas.
Michael Penn
A working mathematician solving real university-level problems and proofs on camera, at full rigor.
Nandinho Cavaco
The best guide for beginner and advanced cavaquinho players. The site offers a wide range of materials, focusing on Brazilian music styles such as pagode, samba, and choro.
Quanta Magazine — Mathematics
Primary source for serious mathematics journalism. Covers active research at a level that assumes you want to understand the argument.
Rick Beato
Producer, musician, and educator Rick Beato dissects what makes songs work, from chord theory to mixing decisions, and makes music production something you can actually learn from.
TED-Ed
Animated short lessons on a wide range of subjects. The format is tight and the best episodes compress a semester of thought into five minutes.
The Daily Show
The Daily Show is an American satirical news television program that critiques politics and the media. American humor at its finest.
Veritasium
Derek Muller goes after scientific misconceptions and the genuinely counterintuitive corners of physics, mathematics, and engineering.
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