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We calculated pi with colliding blocks

2025-03-13

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Happy Pi Day 2025 everyone!

Check out Grant's new 3blue1brown video: /youtube/video/6dTyOl1fmDo

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Massive thanks to Hugh Hunt and everyone in the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, particularly the legends in the workshop. https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/hemh1

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my masses bouncing back and forth. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

- At 22:27 I say the Bonn ratio was 1-to-97 but they double checked for me and it was actually 1-to-93, which makes the same point.

- Let me know if you spot anything else!

Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash

Written and performed by Matt Parker

Extra material by Grant Sanderson

Extra something from Steve Mould

Produced by Nicole Jacobus

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician


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