Preface | MIT Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends Herb Gross as an unusually clear teacher whose explanations make calculus click for people who struggled elsewhere.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

MIT OpenCourseWare

Topic

single variable calculus

Format

lecture

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• This is amazing! The fonts are easy on eyes and page renders beautifully. If you are looking for vidoes, then check lectures by Herber Gross [0] on Youtube. These were recorded in 70s. They are in black & white, gives a feeling of watching some …

• I recently learned calculus from the Herb Gross series from 1974. The way he explains things just clicked, after numerous failed attempts to learn from other sources. [VIDEO]

• I just had a look at the first video in the first course on YouTube [0] and was delighted to see Herb Gross responding in the comments. Clearly this is a man who loves his subject and loves introducing it to others. [0] [VIDEO]