The Discovery That Transformed Pi

For thousands of years, mathematicians were calculating Pi the obvious but numerically inefficient way. Then Newton came along and changed the game. This video is Arndt, J., & Haenel, C. (2001). Pi-unleashed. Springer Science & Business Media — Dunham, W. (1990). Journey through genius: The great theorems of mathematics. Wiley — Borwein, J. M. (2014). The Life of π: From Archimedes to ENIAC and Beyond. In From Alexandria, Through Baghdad (pp. 531-561). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg —

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