How a BRILLIANT professor tricked his students into learning anything

Python Programmer June 30, 2025
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Hi I'm Giles, I make videos about learning 🧠 I have a degree in physics, a post graduate certificate in Data Science and am a former medical physics researcher and before all that I was a financial journalist. I share the best evidence based learning techniques to help you learn anything you want.

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To try Brilliant free, visit https://brilliant.org/PythonProgrammer/ You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. I love the story of University of Florida professor Jerry Uelsmann, for me it's a fantastic reminder to keep going when I feel like giving up. I have a Substack where I post (occasionally!) about insights and thoughts on learning. It's free http://gilesknowledge.substack.com/ Learn How to Learn - My new course on learning will teach you the most effective evidence based learning techniques and practices. Sign up here: https://courses.giles.how/offers/kUVqktk5 And if you'd like to support my on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gilesmcmullen English: Jerry Uelsmann was at Carnegie Hall , NY, in October 2015 to give a speech and accept a Lucie Award in Fine Arts Photography https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerry_Uelsmann_at_Lucie_Awards_2015.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International 📱 Social Media https://www.instagram.com/gilesmcmullen/ https://twitter.com/GilesMcMullen 👌 SUBSCRIBE to ME!👌 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC68KSmHePPePCjW4v57VPQg?sub_confirmation=1

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