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Dutch Angela Flierman
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Hello, everyone!
Hallo allemaal!
My name is James,
Mijn naam is James,
and today I brought you up to
en vandaag heb ik je meegenomen
the roof of the Center of Mathematical Sciences
naar het dak van het Centrum voor Wiskundige Wetenschappen
at Cambridge University.
van de Universiteit van Cambridge.
I thought it would be quite nice for you to see.
Ik dacht dat je dat wel leuk zou vinden om te zien.
They've got some grass up here,
We hebben wat gras hier,
we've got some park benches.
we hebben wat bankjes.
Today it's a more personal video.
Vandaag is een wat meer persoonlijke video.
It's a bit more bloggy.
Het is wat meer bloggerig.
I'm not a big fan of that, myself.
Daar ben ik zelf niet zo'n fan van.
But I go around the country
Maar ik reis door het land
and I tell people about mathematics,
en ik vertel mensen over wiskunde,
and they ask me
en dan vragen ze me
"Why do you study mathematics?"
"Waarom studeer je wiskunde?"
And I have to tell them--
En ik moet ze zeggen--
well, the honest answer,
tja, het eerlijke antwoord,
is because I'm lazy!
is omdat ik lui ben!
I started studying mathematics
Ik begon wiskunde te studeren
because I'm lazy.
omdat ik lui ben.
Mathematics is the perfect subject
Wiskunde is het perfecte vak
for the lazy student.
voor de luie student.
There's no reading lists,
Er zijn geen literatuurlijsten,
no essays to write.
geen opstellen om te schrijven.
If you turn up to lectures,
Als je naar de colleges gaat,
you can do the homework.
kun je het huiswerk doen.
If you can do the homework,
Als je het huiswerk doet,
you can do the exam.
kun je het examen doen.
It really is just the perfect subject for someone like me.
Het is gewoon echt het perfecte vak voor iemand als ik.
The other reason I studied mathematics
De andere reden dat ik wiskunde studeer
is because
is omdat
for me, it's all puzzles and games.
voor mij is het puur puzzels en spelletjes.
And what a great way to make a living!
En wat een geweldige manier om je geld te verdienen!
All it is, it's just puzzles and games,
Dat is alles, alleen maar puzzels en spelletjes,
it's a lot of fun.
het is heel leuk.
But then I came to realize
Maar toen begon ik me realiseren
that mathematics is not this dry,
dat wiskunde niet het droge,
dull, logical subject that people think it is.
saaie, logische vak is dat mensen denken.
It's a very creative subject.
Het is een heel creatief vak.
People are surprised when I tell them that.
Mensen zijn verbaasd als ik ze dat vertel.
But even in mathematics,
Maar zelfs in wiskunde
we have new ideas.
hebben we nieuwe ideeën.
And to do anything new,
En om iets nieuws te doen,
you do need inspiration,
heb je inspiratie nodig,
intuition,
intuïtie,
guesswork--you get it wrong, you go back,
giswerk-- als je het mis hebt, ga je terug,
you do it again--
begin je opnieuw--
and creative thought.
en creatieve gedachten.
And mathematicians talk a lot about
En wiskundigen praten veel over
beauty and elegance,
schoonheid en elegantie,
and it's true.
en het is waar.
And in that way,
En op die manier
mathematics is a lot closer
lijkt wiskunde veel meer
to something like music
op iets als muziek
or art.
of kunst.
Well, that's just a little short video
Tja, dat was gewoon een kleine korte video
about why I study mathematics.
over waarom ik wiskunde studeer.
So if you have been,
Dus als je dat deed,
thanks for watching.
dank voor het kijken.
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