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I learned Linear Algebra from the 2nd Edition of Strang 30 years ago. I just started re-learning it with the 6th Edition. He has been refining the presentation

by wrs 3y ago

I learned Linear Algebra from the 2nd Edition of Strang 30 years ago. I just started re-learning it with the 6th Edition. He has been refining the presentation over the years and keeping it current with applications (now there are machine learning chapters). It would be so easy to fall into a rut teaching this subject year after year, but he has kept it fresh through his obvious joy in teaching. I’m very grateful we have Prof. Strang’s lectures to watch! (No offense to our professor at CMU back in the day, btw, he was great.)

skywal_l 3y ago
> through his obvious joy in teaching He clearly is passionate about teaching. The way he respects his students and try to lift them to his level instead of bombarding them with maths. He's clearly here to teach and not select. It's incredible the value we loose by having bad teachers. And my personal experience was that the higher you get in the educational system the worst the teachers. For this, internet is a godsend and Strang was one of the earlier adopter of that medium.