How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 – Numberphile

The State of Indiana nearly passed a law which would have made Pi equal 3.2 – strange but true. More Pi videos from Numberphile: http://bit.ly/W4oDN1

This video features Dr James Grime – https://twitter.com/jamesgrime

The video about squaring circles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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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