Ben Hambrecht
Mathematics And Physics Teacher
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hambrecht is an educational technologist and former physicist with a decade of experience designing interactive learning tools and producing multimedia educational content, currently building applets for calculus lectures at ETH Zürich. He authors beginner-friendly programming courses for Brilliant.org and develops iOS apps that make maths and physics more approachable, drawing on a background in teaching at Swiss secondary schools. Ben contributed backend maintenance and refactoring to the widely used manim animation engine for explanatory math videos, reflecting a blend of pedagogical design and open-source engineering. His work spans video production, e-book and app development, and conference talks, showing a knack for translating complex concepts into engaging, hands-on learning experiences. Trained as an MSc physicist, he combines research-grade technical rigor with classroom-tested instructional practice.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Physics, Physics, MSc Physics, Physics at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (1)
tcl10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
3b1b/manim
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Animation engine for explanatory math videos
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:185 commits, 14 PRs, 178 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben's commits primarily focused on typo changes and refactoring of code related to MacPorts' restore_ports.tcl. The changes also involved updating and refactoring the existing code. These tasks suggest a focus on the backend codebase and maintaining its functionality by resolving any errors. These commits provide evidence of this developer's work within the repository.
animationpythonexplanatory-math-videos3b1b-videos
bhbr/minter
Aug 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:206 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 11 months
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