Calculus I in 20 Minutes (The Original) by Thinkwell

[1992crimsonnoble]

lol Epic, but so true

[7silverpants]

OMG I don't know why I literally stood up when he started and stated walking??!!

[CyborgForgael]

That was a blast! Thank you for this.

[kongssongs]

Cool story bro

[MrFear2252]

Freshman in highschool taking calc BC here (AP)

[ianccornejo]

Middle school didn't prepare me for this

[Shorty20122012]

This is how the pros learn calculus 1. 

[MinniMoose1]

it ended before my question was answered

[GemaDuude]

He broke a lot of glasses

[AnonymousInitiative]

This guy reminds me of my eye doctor.

[RoyWriter]

I'm ready.

[arsalanoneseven]

Slow down bro..we know you're a pro, but see we're learning!

[Mchectr]

@arsalanoneseven They're trying to beat the 20 minutes.

[freeshyne1234]

Hi guys. I love the video's speedy overview of things.

Could anyone suggest to me what core topics are in Calculus will be essential in Physics based calculus? I doubt very much a first year college course in physics utilizes all of calculus, but what particular calculus topics come up again and again? Thanks

[soccer81894]

@freeshyne1234 integral and derrivative... im a senior in highschool taking a college lvl physics class and its been 3 weeks of school adn the teacher already taught us integrals and derrivative

[Madgreenguy]

I feel like my IQ increased by 10

[kojiaque]

From No Knowledge to some idea in 5 minutes. Not too Shabby! We'll be watching ALL videos. You will be thanked when the engineering degree is in hand.

[cwayneuc]

You guys rock. I love all your videos.

[drakezen]

Pretty good vid



[wlsaint24]

calculus is really simple its just algebra with extra rules and i really wish my teacher was like this i would have gotten over a 3 on my AP exam...

[crowman131]

i have Repeats in Programming and Calculus. I'm not that good at math, but hopefully by the end of the month i'll be able to walk into that exam, and just get those marks i need =[

[ThinkwellVids]

@crowman131 Good luck! Let us know how you did. :)

[TMarqable]

You sir...are a great man.

[laurag333]

What math goes on in my body when I'm working out?

[Polterguist]

I'm in calc iv now, and now this is fun to watch since I can look back on my easy calc days. lol

[jonesriot]

wow ,,,,,

[tripmisterman]

this is techniquely true, its just the class calc 1 teaches you how to do it ezier >>

[ikkinnikk]

I learned all this in high school, in college taking it again and is surprised by how much I remember YAY! Calculus is so fun.

[Gandalfistheman]

wow no voice cracks

[amiruchka]

can anyone tell me how did 212 people dislike this?

[da2nd2nn]

wow

[tjtheplay]

I just checked this video out to see what was calculus like.

It turns out that I unintentionally learned a shit load more than I hoped for in calculus.

[linstah2222]

there must've been a whole ton of windows behind the camera..

[EfAyElAyPeeAyEnOw]

wow, thanks I'm a 5th grader and I really want to learn broader about math. -_-

[pabloelgatto]

this was lovely.

[MetalSpiral]

ah, it's all coming back to me now...

[PlasmaPrestige]

The logic behind implicit differentiation became so clear here, and I'm not in Calculus (in school yet). Fantastic.

[Bleachnarutoawesome]

Calling dy/dx an noun and d/dx a verb i found very helpful. Also my teacher never told us about indeterminate forms. She just said that you can find a limit if you evaluate the function at the limit you are trying to find by doing algebra.

[BerzurcusCircus]

Loved it ! Thank you very much.

[wow1022]

well im taking calculus my senior year in high school so.... now i have an idea!

[lxdannydxl100]

Is this all of Calculus one and two? Why is it it will take two whole semesters when you can teach us in twenty minutes?

[Joesire]

@lxdannydxl100 I took calculs about a year ago. I watched this video before I took the class, I ddint understand it too well, but I just watched it today aqnd it refreshed some of my memory of Calculus. I have to take calculus two this fall

[CrazyMike8897]

Thanks so much!!! Im a Civil Engineering major, and you really made Calculus easy to understand, the concept is so basic now!

[aye1980]

thank you i hope we tech math like that

[hita187wita357]

downloaded and slowed it down to a rate of .67..so now its calculus in 33 minutes...yessir....thanx..

[sallyimvu12]

wow i'm 10 years old and i get this alot i suprised myself

[archninja]

i didn't realize that calculus would be so fun and interesting........hmmm nice video

[MeetMagicJones]

Thank You! My major is Business Economics & before I can transfer to UCLA,I have to take Cal 1 & 2(plz kill me now!!!),but this video gave me a lot of insight & that practice,practice,practice...m­akes perfect! Thanks again. ps Do you know any sites where,I can get Cal practice test @ ?

[ThinkwellVids]

@MeetMagicJones I unfortunately can't post URLs here, but when I googled "calculus practice test" I got pages of links.

[fitnesschaser01]

I'm taking Calculus next semester. Wish me luck :/

[ThinkwellVids]

Respond to this video... 

[DaybreakToronto]

@ThinkwellVids isaac newton invented calculus so he could do physics calculations better. that's pretty boss if you ask me

[iloveseptember11th]

@fitnesschaser01 it's not as bad as people say it is =)

[CQTx]

@Jlundy12

How? May i ask? Im in eighth grade and goin to alg 2/Trig next year. How could you skip SO MANY COURSES

[Cancer98765]

I laugh at how simple and clear he made this

[yoestherr]

Great basic review for the AP Calc BC exam tomorow !

[tsthunderhorse]

Greatest video ever. Thank you very much, very good for a review session to cram the night before the AP test.

[HermioneJPotter]

I have my AP Calc test tomorrow.. this is an awesome review!

[psnM4YH3M]

This man should take the AP Calc test for me tomorrow

[fatstickman1027]

AP EXAM IS TOMORROW GUYS. VIDEO IS ON REPEAT

[soniiaa15]

Love how he uses pictures of hands instead of actually using his hands!

[ceberusbotcatcher]

The video views are peaking around this time (AP exam in 3 days)

[Cryptically]

@ceberusbotcatcher i watched it right after, oops

[bty3]

Thanks man! you the best!

[bty3]

lmao!



[mickey0667]

Upon watching this I would have to surmise that this man knows exactly what he is talking about. However, I understood very little of what was said. And anyway this stuff is not often useful in real life. It only gives colleges an excuse to weed you out.

[ThinkwellVids]

@mickey0667 There are practical uses for Calculus! Anyone who goes into physics, chemistry, economics, and engineering uses it. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Plus, it teaches you critical thinking and often just learning something like this has its later benefits.

[BWifey90]

@ThinkwellVids yeah,benefits like graduating college.

[pmgruhn]

@mickey0667 I use calc and trig in sculpture class and tutoring structural engineering.

[horrorshowmalchick]

@mickey0667

You trolling? Calculus is EVERYWHERE! You might not need it personally day to day, but you can be damn sure your PC and mobile are doing it all the time!

[phattown213]

youre right, i went through college without applying calculus I, but i needed to know it to get through calculus 2, calculus 3, and differential equations.

so in reality calculus is really important.

kinda like learning triangles, ovals, and hexagons in pre-school, but if you dont understand calculus correctly in a career that applies mathematics to some degree, then you sound and look like an utter moron.

[jjepperson082692]

@mickey0667 There is calculus everywhere you look.

[mathew42091]

Hes really excited about math Lol 

[ishthealaskan]

Now if only I could develop a photographic memory to retain all the information given in 20 minutes.

[Jlundy12]

I'm in Advance Placement Calcus AB, and I'm only in 8th grade(:

[TheChosenBrothers]

This is easy. OH YEAH bring it on!!! MASSIVE BRAIN POWEAH BABAY- lol?

[Karvenate]

When I get into calculus the first thing im going to do is go here lol :D

[rorshachfan]

...something tells me that my calc professor is going to talk this fast. Calc is going to hurt. lol

[ThinkwellVids]

@rorshachfan You never know. Professor Burger is trying to get a lot of information in a very short period of time and is speaking more quickly than he normally does because of it. This is a review at the beginning of our Calculus BC course.

[Ralzaly]

Calculus would be so much easier if this guy was on sesame street when i was a kid.

[craksandwitches]

wheres he other part



[ThinkwellVids]

@craksandwitches If you look at the section below the video, there is a link to the entire 20 minutes and it is free.

[sneakyrogues]

..woah

[RunningEagle2011]

i know how im going to study for calc final now =D youtube

[taicleis]

@freshupdown

Nnnnnnno. The mayans believed that the earth was flat, and that it rested upon the back of a crocodile that was swimming in a pond supported by five trees. Look it up.

[wingo2360]

im 11 i know calculus and algebra and im learning astrophysics

[theotheroneone7]

@wingo2360 we all care

[freshupdown]

the mayan were master of math...even centuries later....we cannot match there learning skills...the mayans knew exactly were earth was place in the universe....

[LieutenantRiza]

It's a new breed of Bill Nye - A math guy!

[ThinkwellVids]

@LieutenantRiza That's exactly how I always describe Prof. Burger!

[Playswow152]

im 14 and i just scored a 96% on a highschool calc 1 exam. Woohoo

[ThinkwellVids]

@Playswow152 Congratulations. That's really impressive!

[ISt0leTheCookies]

@Playswow152 Cool story bro

[JacobProvo]

Im a freshman in highschool and i understood this. Great video

[MrWierdguy5707]

Burger did a lot math videos for my 6th grade math hes pretty awesome

[AyoJeffy]

this guy makes math class a lil more fun

[ThinkwellVids]

@AyoJeffy I agree!

[jaewisc]

@AyoJeffy I agree, too! This is ridiculously helpful..even for my college calc class. 

[justlivemyway]

Now a days(at least in my country) there are polititians running major schools and colleges. They charge high donation as well as high fee. We as people pay such a price for education, but the pathetic situation is that the education teaching method is horrible!!!. Very few can understand what is taught in class. What is the use of such education if one is not able to apply it in real life? The incompetant person who learns half is only at the mercy of a job and he can never lead 1`sown industry

[justlivemyway]

All the knowledge that we have in our books was invented by someone who was intrested in the subject and that is why he/she suceeded. Now if you consider the same knowledge to be understood by a newbie, he or she might not have the same interest in the subject like the person who invented it. Here it is important for the teacher to make teaching intresting keeping in mind the human psycology of learning, and only then that knowledge will be sucessfully past over to the next generation...conti..

[justlivemyway]

This is one of the best mathematics videos I have ever seen.

You guys know how the human brain functions and learns and keeping that in mind you have made this video which is easy for the learning person to visualise and understand.

Education is not dumping knowledge on the next generation, but the way of teaching education is one of the most important subject which has to mastered before anything begins.

All the knowledge that we have in our books was done by someone ...continued ..

[ThinkwellVids]

@justlivemyway Thank you for the compliment. I personally believe that Prof. Burger is one of the best math teachers out there. He loves math and teaching and it really shows. :)

[allrightbrain]

good video

[JonTricky]

this guys is a boss

[tbone0204]

this video is both informative and hilarious.

[chipustillo23]

Wow, dude, you're amazing! Thank you so much for this video!

[drballer194]

I learned more in 10 mins than i have thus far in my Calc 1 class (in 7th week of 15)....

[braydenbeautiful]

he went through a lot of glass...

great video. I got 94 on my cal I exam :)))

You helped!

[ThinkwellVids]

@braydenbeautiful So glad we helped you ace your cal exam!! Good luck with the rest of the semester!

[420BurnaBlunt]

totally just got a 96 on my 1st calculus exam.. so happy

[ThinkwellVids]

@420BurnaBlunt Congratulations!!! Hope our videos helped you get that grade. :)

[cadvendano]

is there a calc 3 video?! :D

[ThinkwellVids]

@cadvendano Nope, this is actually a summary of Calculus AB that is found at the beginning of our Calculus BC course. We don't have a Calculus 3 course. :(

[Shorteststuff123]

Who would've thought speed teaching helps?

[accistset]

Man, you are a genious! Thank you for sharing this video!

[ThinkwellVids]

@accistset He is an amazing instructor. We love to share our lectures with our YouTube community. Our students love their professors so we figure everyone else will too!

[xHzDxKING]

do you have to go through all the steps of math to get in calculus?

like do you have to take algebra 1,geometry, trig/algebra 2, pre-calc

like you have to take all of them in order foe you to ubderstand calculus pretty good right?

[ThinkwellVids]

@xHzDxKING I would recommend going in order. Just the other day I watched one of our pre-calculus lectures and it brings in things you would've learned in Trigonometry like the Pythagorean Theorem. If you understand calculus pretty good, you will understand it even better if you don't rush it and take the prerequisite math courses first.

[FireStormBaller]

@xHzDxKING Trig is higher than Algebra 2.

[Drunkman82]

is it crucial to have a precalculus course before going into AP Calc AB?

[ThinkwellVids]

@Drunkman82 I think it helps. Depends on student and their ability to understand calculus concepts. Most want as much review and subject coverage as they can get.

[braydenbeautiful]

@Drunkman82

yes. 100%

[b0zhem0i]

woo, does this mean I don't have to go to class anymore and just go to the exam. :)

[Annergize]

Wow I've never heard of Linear Approximation.. Though I've done much more than just basic Calculus.

[kironkabir]

20 minutes of maths in 9 minutes? :/

[ThinkwellVids]

@kironkabir If you click the link below the video, it takes you to where you can watch the entire 20 minutes for free.

[kironkabir]

@ThinkwellVids Thank you. I found the link. I'm sure that everyone who saw your video gained a lot more knowledge. Mathematics was never meant to be boring, and you proved that magnificently!!

[puupydoger]

Perfect I could really use this for hon pre-calc.

Thanks!

David. M

[DerJungeMiroslav]

We need you in CCNY.

[chaoman45]

I didn't realise Calculus involved breaking so many windows.

[idster7]

There really, really, really, really, really needs to be one of these for Statistics & Differential Equations & other branches of mathematics.

[Standuble]

I love this. I'm 23, never studied Math in college and was never taught Calculus in school! (Damn British school system.) I've started teaching myself it (Maths isn't my strongest point but I have some skill) and really its all seemed very daunting. Then I watched this video. Many LOL moments for me and surprisingly easy to understand. I still don't know what I'm doing as I only really started a few days ago but if it can be explained in twenty minutes it can't be impossible.

Thanks for this.

[MrDon275]

He should have been my math teacher. But students are highly advised to were helmets. lol

[kiidrecklzz]

dnt memorize, understand it as if it was a language THEN you will understand

[thagodfather007]

this is wayyyy better than my calculus 12 class in school :P

[sonickid001]

this is like math porn for me :DDD

[remo5k]

Im actually excited of learning calculus now! =p

[monkeygirl000]

Hilarious! Awesome!!

[thepeacemaker1510]

i get it 100% now and im a freshman in high school

[HetfieldBlackfang]

Shamwow guy does calculus!

[techworld11]

thanks dude you are hero!!!

[Liu9997]

calculus is so fun

[darktriforce888]

Best video ever!!! 204 ppl must have mistaken dislike for dis i like!!! XD

[py60147]

He speaks rapidly ,but clearly and easily to understand.

[2007wesman]

Had a gpa of 4.3 aced mostly all of my classes, and now its gonna be 3.8 just because of this class lol. (lulz since math WAS my best subject.) As of now my grades are A, A, A, F (in cal.)

[ECn4ii]

this is so amazingly good. if only i'd watched it when i was taking first-year calculus...

[ShipMonster]

I'm not proficient in Math , however, I do know Sir Isac Newton invented Calculus. And for the most part he just did it in his spare time as part of a dare.

[idster7]

@ShipMonster I dunno where you got that from. Newton developed Calculus in a period of intense study at his home between 1664-1667. He did develop the gravitational laws because he was challenged to. That was much later though.

[lucifer1134]

Is there re-cap for second year Calculus as well?

[ThinkwellVids]

@lucifer1134 Not yet! We've only done Calculus 1.

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[SoHoTandCool]

where is the second video that follows this lecture?

[ThinkwellVids]

@SoHoTandCool If you look, there is a link below the video. That will take you to the entire 20 minute video.

[Austin101123]

Hey, do you think that you can get a 7th grader up from Algebra 1 into calculus? I don't understand any of this but I want to.

[SoHoTandCool]

dude, you are good!!

[jayboyfloyd]

lmao this guy is so funny i like the window breaking when he discards a definition

[goonkid93]

wow i learned something

[Audiomuse]

I've been struggling learning all of the stuff you explained in this video.. now I see it much more clearly.

I should have learned my vocabulary at an earlier time in my Calculus course... "instantaneous rate of change", "derivative", "secant/tangent lines", were things I could never keep straight.. for some reason.

Lately my Calculus teacher has assigned us some very difficult implicit differentiation problems... I need to study more

[KpopLovar]

I dont want to hear the word Derivative ever again xD

[Craftyperson126]

clap clap i bow down to u

[josevalle22]

i have a question i have to take business calculus as part of my major ... is this roughly similiar to regular calculus?

[Wirelesstaco]

@josevalle22 yes

[MakaveliTheLegend]

I swear , If You repeated this vid 20x ,U have ur entire Calcus Course done

[BunnyHanyou]

WHY AREN'T YOU MY PROFESSOR?!?!

:[.

[IrradicableOne]

Edward Burger is my hero.

[zx6rtt]

this guy's a MACHINE

[invincible739]

You're my maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan  DUDEEEEEEEEEEE :D

[shadeofgrayx]

Thanks a lot. I have a calculus final tomorrow and this was a great review. On a side note, you remind me of the dude from the Shamwow commercial.

[VexxoftheTempest]

Holy crap im learning.

[CaLiBeR273]

I'm taking Single Variable Calculus right now as a Junior in High School, and I must say it is much more difficult than any other math class I have taken. This video definitely sums it up very well though, although the course is much more in depth (obviously) and not as easy as this makes it seem.

[raynor18dmj]

whoa.. 

[h0wud0in2]

2 months in school in 20 minutes. nice

[pwnshop1]

I'm so incompetent, I'm struggling in Math 60 at the community college i go to

[ThinkwellVids]

@pwnshop1 Struggling in math doesn't mean you are incompetent. You may just need a good tutor to help you. Many folks use our online courses as tutors when they hit a road block in their studies. You should check out our website for more information!

[minusjason]

@pwnshop1 Struggle on! It's a struggle for many of us at many different levels. I'm a math major about to graduate in May, and I promise you I struggle with math all the time. Right now I am studying for a big career-related test and having to re-learn calculus stuff I did 4 years ago... and I'm really struggling! Makes me feel dumb sometimes because I remember doing this stuff easily before. But we both just have to keep fighting and we'll get there. Try to find a tutor or a helpful friend.

[minusjason]

I am in love with those hands at 3:08.

[chizzy555]

@pwnshop1 you probably just havent been taught properly, pretty much every source of math education is improperly presented 

[yyourfacee]

should do one for calc III, final's in 2 days ahhhh lol

[SIFYWAY]

hi thank you im studying in 2nd year civil engg. but didnot had the clear picture of whats going on until today thank you very much for all my life i have just tried to learn in order not to get failed so i tried to mug up now iknow what i was doing thank you very much

[ThinkwellVids]

@SIFYWAY Glad we could help!! Good luck with your studies!!

[patman256]

I had a question if you can answer, is trig basically Calc 2 (I've become found of your courses and wanted to know should I buy for Calc 2) Thank you for taking time to answer, much appreciated