How pi was almost 6.283185...
March 14, 2018
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as posted by the channelIn some of his notes, Euler used π to represent 6.28... So why did we adopt 3.14...?
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The idea for this video, as well as the live shots, came from Ben Hambrecht, with the writing and animating done by Grant Sanderson.
Special thanks to:
- University Library Basel, for letting us rummage through their historical collection
- Martin Mattmüller from the Bernoulli-Euler center for helpful discussion
- Michael Hartl, author of the Tau Manifesto, for pointing us to obscure references
- Library of the Institut de France
Cinematographer: Eugen Heller
Music by Vincent Rubinetti:
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Hebrew: Omer Tuchfeld
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