The Discovery That Transformed Pi
- Episode aired Mar 16, 2021
- 19m
For centuries mathematicians committed large portions of their lives to calculating the value of Pi and only managed to get to thirty-five digits. Then along came Isaac Newton with five extr... Read allFor centuries mathematicians committed large portions of their lives to calculating the value of Pi and only managed to get to thirty-five digits. Then along came Isaac Newton with five extraordinary insights that reduced an effort that took years to just days.For centuries mathematicians committed large portions of their lives to calculating the value of Pi and only managed to get to thirty-five digits. Then along came Isaac Newton with five extraordinary insights that reduced an effort that took years to just days.