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Now I'm just burning to know how the debate about which way to round it went down
by vonunov 8mo ago
Now I'm just burning to know how the debate about which way to round it went down
- Zak 8mo agoIt was a scheme to sell math textbooks involving a purported method for squaring the circle which depended on that incorrect value of pi. Squaring the circle had already been proven impossible, but that didn't stop them from trying. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/05/indianas-state-legislature-once-tried-to-legislate-the-value-of-pi/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/05/indianas-...