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It's Pythagorean Theorem Day! Today's date is 8/15/17 or 8² + 15²=17². The next Pythagorean Day isn't until 12/16/20!
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Gil Strang. Free calculus textbook. Updated. Enough said. 🎤
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The top 10 search terms on OCW are: 1. python 2. linear algebra 3. machine learning 4. computer science 5. calculus 6. statistics 7. data science 8. physics 9. probability 10. artificial intelligence
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Calculus for Beginners and Artists, a free online textbook from @MITOCW . http://t.co/cLPG9rx9SL #math http://t.co/pyXrCwLw5V
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We finally caught up with @starwars on YouTube! Looks like people love non-fiction as much as fiction! 🤓
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Your favorite linear algebra professor, Gil Strang, is back with a new vision for linear algebra! Check out his videos here: @MITMath #STEM #mathematics
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The last lecture. A free textbook. An ode written by ChatGPT. Our top three posts from 2023 all had one thing in common--->Prof. Gil Strang! Hats off to you, sir! Visit Prof. Strang's Vision for Linear Algebra page to see all his work with @MITOCW .
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Join Prof. Gil Strang LIVE as he teaches his last lecture before his retirement. Be there or be square->Watch live on our YouTube channel May 15th, 11am EDT. @MITMath
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He's baaaccck! Prof. Gil Strang teaches "Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning! Ready! Set! Go! @MITMath #MachineLearning #SignalProcessing
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We're always here for you. #NeverStopLearning
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Merry/Happy Christmas to all!🎄🎁 May you have a day filled with joy. Thank you for all of your support this year.
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay2022 ! We salute you! (Illustration by Katarina Liberatore).
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MIT OpenCourseWare provides free online learning materials from MIT's courses. No registration necessary. Start exploring at !
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Can you name a female scientist or engineer besides Marie Curie? Discover more in our new course the History of Women in Science and Engineering by @20tauri . I guarantee you'll learn something new! #womeninscience #hisSTM (Image by Maia Weinstock.)
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For #BookLoversDay , we are happy to share that @MITOCW has dozens of online FREE textbooks!
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20 years ago today, MIT announced its plan to put its course materials online for free, and #mitocw was born. Join us Wed at 12pm ET for a live community celebration of OCW’s first 20 years, and what comes next. Share your questions for the team below👇
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Be Curious Always -
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Learn physics, programming, writing, math, all for free with no sign-up or registration!
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At the end of every January, the late Patrick Winston gave a talk called "How to Speak." It was an MIT tradition that lasted for over 40 years. If Prof. Winston were alive, he'd be giving that talk on this very day. @MIT_CSAIL @MITEECS
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Get to know MIT's Department of Mathematics. Browse our list of of free courses.
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Quantum mechanics on MIT OpenCourseWare Free lecture videos, notes, assignments and exams
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Taking the Time to Give Thanks -
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Prof. Gil Strang has a special message for you! See below. 👇 A new edition of his spectacular FREE online #calculus textbook was just published! Check it out here:
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Solve this math problem for a Thanksgiving-related phrase. Hit reply to leave your answer.
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In just a few short months, the first video for 9.13 Introduction to the Human Brain has garnered 7.5 million views on YouTube! Congratulations to @Nancy_Kanwisher and @mcgovernmit for this great work! Visit the course on YouTube here:
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This is just one of the many, many comments about one of our newest courses, "The Human Brain." This one is not to be missed! @Nancy_Kanwisher is simply enthralling. Visit the course on OCW now: #brain #cognition #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog
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ICYMI: Prof. Strang is back and better than ever. Check out his new course "Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning." 💯👏 @MITMath #MachineLearning #Mathematics
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"Prof. Sadoway, who retires this year after 45 years in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, estimates that over the years he’s taught [3.091 Intro to Solid State Chemistry] to some 10,000 undergraduates."
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Drumroll please...🥁 the long-awaited update to 6.006 Intro to Algorithms is now ready for YOU! Run, don't walk! YouTube playlist: Full course on OCW: @MIT_CSAIL @MITEECS #Algorithms
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💫 String Theory for Undergraduates Free materials on @MITOCW . ✨ http://t.co/8HOThvQsel http://t.co/BQ9JWVbBon
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A new course just for you: Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science.
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Party with us like it's 2001. -
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Come to the nerd side...we have pi! Happy Pi Day!
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We were saddened by the news of MIT Prof. Arthur Mattuck's passing. Check out his lecture from Differential Equations. As one user says "This is twenty years ago and still relevant and more! Sir is one of the greatest teachers I have come across."
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You may have noticed that we are having some trouble with our videos! Please stand by. The elves are working around the clock to fix the issue. There is still a ton of content you can use @MITOCW that doesn't have video. . Hang in there folks!
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Share + RT! We have reached a milestone and want to celebrate! @MITOCW officially has published 2,500 courses and supplemental resources Woo hoo!! Thank you for all of your support through the years! #LevelUp #OER
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Disentangle some quantum physics with this new video-rich course by Barton Zwiebach @MIT_Physics
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Merry Christmas to all of our friends who celebrate the holiday! We hope you have a joyful day. (Thanks to xkcd for the image.)
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Fresh Course Friday! Intro to Computer Science & Programming in Python. With FULL video lectures. #FreshCourseFriday
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Materials from thousands of MIT courses. All free for you to download.
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Learn GIS! Geographic Information System Tutorial, free resources on MIT OpenCourseWare.
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New year, new teaching materials!
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The Commons rejoices: 375,000 new public domain images from @metmuseum ! @creativecommons #MetOpenAccess
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We just reached 2 million subscribers on @YouTube !!! Thank you so much for all of your support to make this possible! #MondayMotivation 👏💯🥳
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On this Valentine's Day, we are happy show you the LOVE equation! Share OCW with someone you love!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! We are thankful for YOU, who keep OpenCourseWare going and growing! 🦃 🍁 🍰
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For those of you participating in #100DaysOfCode , here is a list of free resources on @MITOCW .
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No shortage of ❤️ for Prof. Strang! Check out his latest course on #MachineLearning : #StrangGang #SignalProcessing #LinearAlgebra @MITMath
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Hot off the presses! 📣 New course by Prof. Mike Sipser"Theory of Computation." Over 70 short videos are ready for you! Also includes lecture notes, assignments, exams, and insights from the instructor! @MITMath @MITEECS #computation
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Are you one of the million people who have watched Prof. Gil Strang's last linear algebra lecture on our YouTube channel? If not, we highly recommend you check it out right now: @MITMath
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May the 4th be with you! Yes, OCW does have some courses that are over 10 years old, but we consider many of them to be classic and evergreen! #Maythe4th (📷 by @Brett_Paci )
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We ❤️Prof. Gil Strang! 🤓💯
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At MIT OpenCourseWare, you can download lecture notes, assignments and more. It's all free!
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Happy #Fibonacci Day! For a fun exercise, can you code a function that returns the nth Fibonacci number?
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Here's your chance to learn about quantum mechanics for FREE from our newly published course by Prof. Robert Field. It features full lecture notes and quizzes with solutions! @ChemistryMIT
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This course is an introduction to epistemology: the theory of knowledge. #skepticism http://t.co/0A6TAQW8gl http://t.co/xcFHYqDcIn
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HAPPENING TODAY! Join Prof. Gil Strang LIVE as he teaches his last lecture before his retirement. Be there or be square->Watch live on our YouTube channel May 15th, 11am EDT. @MITMath
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We have several open-licensed textbooks FREE to download and use in your classroom. #ispeakcalculus
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Celebrate #NationalSTEMDay with this list of free life #science courses from MIT! Image courtesy of @NASA
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Check out this Romanesco broccoli, a great example of fractals found in nature! Today would have been the 96th birthday of Benoit B. Mandelbrot, deemed "the father of #fractal geometry." Learn more about fractals in chaos here:
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It's your lucky day!
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In celebration of our 4 million @YouTube subscribers, here are our top 5 videos of all time! See thread below 👇
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2,500 MIT courses at your fingertips. All for free. All for you. (Image by Nhu Nguyen.)
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📊 Introduction to Probability and Statistics http://t.co/HYEghjF0LD http://t.co/DvBbHICXco
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Share MIT OpenCourseWare with someone who loves to learn.
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Do you know someone who's trying to learn new things? Tag them below! #DistanceLearning #OnlineEducation
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Like we need an excuse to play video games? 🎮 Happy National Video Game Day! Check out this AMAZING course on Creating Video Games! #NationalVideoGameDay @mit_cmsw @MITGameLab
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Today, October 23rd, from 6:02am to 6:02pm is Mole Day, which celebrates Avogadro's number 6.02 X 10^23!
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What do one mathematician, one artist, & one musician all have in common? Gödel, Escher, Bach http://t.co/py7qG524R0 http://t.co/KR6rnp1cpW
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Video + lecture notes + assignments and more. 💡 #OnlineLearning
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Pattern Recognition and Analysis, a course from @medialab . http://t.co/aJMMwiEfII http://t.co/RHumj4WJYp
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New! Free course materials about the probabilistic method, a fundamental and powerful technique in combinatorics and computer science. Taught by @yufeizhao @MITMath (📷 by Gerwin Sturm on flickr. License CC: BY-SA)
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Learn to code: Introduction to Programming in Java http://t.co/sTMHE2oZNV #learntocode #java http://t.co/CzduYyNQQ0
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“Knowledge should be free, and especially knowledge that comes from leading institutions, institutions with the most privilege behind them. To give that back to the world has never been more important than it is today.” Learn more about OCW.
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Register now for a virtual gathering to celebrate the life MIT Prof. Patrick Henry Winston, a pioneer of #ArtificialIntelligence on July 21, 2021 5pm EDT. @MIT_CSAIL
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Intro to Probability & Statistics, new on @MITOCW . Redesigned for active learning. http://t.co/5K3xM1i3qc http://t.co/DOwDXf1ZLP
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Inspiration for your Monday! "[They] began to learn about programming and engineering on the internet, largely through free video lectures from MIT OpenCourseWare."
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Thousands of FREE video lectures, notes, exams, and problem sets available at your fingertips. Visit to get started!
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Learn programming by visualizing code execution: Online Python Tutor, a free ed tool by @pgbovine . http://t.co/FVHsCZHbs8 #OER #edtech
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New math course on @MITOCW ! Probability and Random Variables http://t.co/hzd9Xd9GaA http://t.co/2rP68zGdsL
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Explore the human brain... and the MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences.
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Great profile about MIT math professor Philippe Rigollet. We have three courses of his on OCW: Mathematics of Machine Learning: High-Dimensional Statistics: Statistics for Applications:
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Math professor Philippe Rigollet, once a “not very disciplined” student, moves between computer science and statistics.
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Legendary computer scientist Grace Hopper as a minifig! Photo by @20tauri . License: @CreativeCommons BY-NC-SA. #GHC14 http://t.co/WIvL1VHSpK
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It's the inaugural #DarkMatterDay ! Did you know 27% of the universe is made up of dark matter? Learn more here:
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Develop your quantum intuition. Begin with this free lecture on MIT OpenCourseWare.
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Wow @MIT 's own Prof. Gilbert Strang representing! His book on Linear Algebra is the third one down on the shelf. @MITMath
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Finally got around to watching “Spider-Man 2”. Recognize any of his textbooks? 🙋‍♂️
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Today we mourn the loss of Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest scientific minds of our lifetimes. And it's a pretty weird coincidence that another theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, happened to be born on this day in 1879.
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When you think of modern Japan, what comes to mind? Learn more with our new course "Modern Japan: 1868 to Present."
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15 years ago, the big idea was created.
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Educators, help your students learn real world applications of calculus with FREE OCW materials! #ispeakcalculus
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Our list of introductory programming courses, including Python, MATLAB, Java, C/C++. http://t.co/6IoJPDDn16
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The video "How to Speak" by MIT's Patrick Henry Winston, has been viewed over a million times...see what all the fuss is about:... @MIT_CSAIL
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OCW is turning 20! Leave us a voicemail telling us how you’ve used OCW to change your life or those of others in your schools and/and communities. We’ll share some of your inspiring messages on a special episode of our Chalk Radio podcast! 617-715-2517
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Whether you're a budding chemist or a Nobel Laureate, there is something for everyone on OCW. Always open. Always free.
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Happy Halloween! In the course How Culture Works, students created an ethnographic study of Halloween! Check it out
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