Gilbert Strang never set out to be an internet celebrity. He just wanted to teach math. For 61 years, the MIT professor has been standing at the chalkboard, leading students through linear algebra, a ...

While it is becoming increasingly common (and easy) for lectures to be placed online as videos or podcasts, such media can often be very limited in their utility. For example, I missed a lecture last ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A beloved math professor who pioneered lectures that gave millions of people free access to college classes has retired after 61 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

For more than 60 years, Professor Gilbert Strang has turned a linear algebra classroom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) into a launching pad for millions of people pursuing ...