This Q&A video was originally made for the 3blue1brown Bilibili page reaching 1M followers. Larger list of book recs: https://3b1b.co/blog/book-recommendations Books mentioned in the video: Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms A Unified Approach, by John and Barbara Hubbard https://amzn.to/3BJbzCR Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, by Steven Strogatz https://amzn.to/3BLksMg Proofs from The Book, by Aigner and Ziegler https://amzn.to/3kYfSEd The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class, by J. Michael Steele https://amzn.to/3BJaH1a How to Solve It, by George Pólya https://amzn.to/3l0htJQ Solving Mathematical Problems: A Personal Perspective, by Terence Tao https://amzn.to/3eYefTw I listed a few more textbook recommendations here: https://www.3blue1brown.com/blog/book-recommendations Table of contents 0:00 - Textbook recommendations 4:05 - Avoiding frustration with math texts 6:47 - Not being "gifted" enough 8:53 - Researching for videos 10:02 - Story behind the pi creatures 12:35 - Manim 16:50 - Training problem-solving skills 22:13 - How much should visuals be used in math 25:00 - Probability series when?