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How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 - Numberphile

2013-03-12

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The State of Indiana nearly passed a law which would have made Pi equal 3.2 - strange but true.

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The video about squaring circles: /youtube/video/CMP9a2J4Bqw

A note to potentially disgruntled viewers about making this video longer to include the subsequent lengthy discussion about squaring circles: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/continue.html

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