The History of PI
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- Ok, so today class we are gonna learn about the history of Pi!!
- Circles are COOL!!
- March 14th, 2019
- The first people to estimate pi were the ancient Bablonians
- Ok, so I have these clay tablets but i dont know what i should multiply the radius by to get the circumference and area
- Try 3.125.
- Babylonia 1900-1680BC or so
- The next to try were the ancient Egyptians in 1650 BC
- Egypt 1650 BC or so
- We think the magic circle number is about 3.1605
- Next came Archimedes of Syracuse in 287 BC
- Based on what I know about shapes and math, the *magic* circle number is 3.141592653589...
- π
- Next came William Jones in 1706 and he name the fancy circle proportion a fancy name
- That magic circle number now has a name and a symbol. The name.....Pi
- Last but not least in 1949 a large fancy computer started finding pi!
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