The Discovery That Transformed Pi
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Published 2021-03-16
Happy Pi Day!
References:
Arndt, J., & Haenel, C. (2001). Pi-unleashed. Springer Science & Business Media — ve42.co/Arndt2001
Dunham, W. (1990). Journey through genius: The great theorems of mathematics. Wiley — ve42.co/Dunham1990
Borwein, J. M. (2014). The Life of π: From Archimedes to ENIAC and Beyond. In From Alexandria, Through Baghdad (pp. 531-561). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg — ve42.co/Borwein2012
Special thanks to Alex Kontorovich, Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics National Museum of Mathematics MoMath for being part of this Pi Day video.
Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Jim Osmun, Tyson McDowell, Ludovic Robillard, jim buckmaster, fanime96, Juan Benet, Ruslan Khroma, Robert Blum, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Vincent, Lyvann Ferrusca, Alfred Wallace, Arjun Chakroborty, Joar Wandborg, Clayton Greenwell, Pindex, Michael Krugman, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Sam Lutfi, Ron Neal
Written by Derek Muller and Alex Kontorovich
Animation by Ivy Tello
Filmed by Derek Muller and Raquel Nuno
Edited by Derek Muller
Music by Jonny Hyman and Petr Lebedev
Additional Music from epidemicsound.com/ "Particle Emission", "Into the Forest", "Stavselet", "Face of the Earth", "Firefly in a Fairytale"
Thumbnail by Gianmarco Malandra and Karri Denise
All Comments (21)
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Newton giving a lecture - "Hi guys, today we're talking about circles. The first thing you wanna do is invent calculus."
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If it was anybody but Newton or Euler this would be one of the most iconic moments in mathematical history. The fact that this is one of the least interesting things that Newton discovered is completely insane.
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Newton’s quarantine: boring. Let’s upgrade human understanding of mathematics. My quarantine: homemade pizza.
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Newton schooled himself on Brilliant during the bubonic plague quarantine
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I really like this video because I didn’t understand 99% of the math, yet I was invested. It felt like something important was unraveling before me, and I was excited by that. And that’s the power of good storytelling.
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If only my Math teacher explained it like this back in my college days ...
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Imagine having a career so illustrious that discovering a groundbreaking way to accurrately find pi is just one of your side achievements
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Imagine spending 25 years of your life on something, and then a 23 year old kid comes along and beats you in a week while being in lockdown
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Me during quarantine: Plays video games all day Newton during quarantine: Creates groundbreaking mathematical solutions
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Everyone is talking about how genius Newton is, but really, we need to shout out Archimedes for solving pi to an almost unnecessary level of precision 1800 years before Newton even came along
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1666: Newton, during quarantine, discovering pi 2020: Me, during quarantine, eating pie
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The animator is the hidden hero here!
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"We should always know the extent to which the rules have a chance of working farther" - I like that phrase
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When this man said:“Luckily he just invented calculus“ like its not even that great. I realised what a genius he was. Sadly we dont learn about that in school
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Now I understand how my dog feels when I'm talking to it.
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“Luckily, Newton had just invented Calculus.” Bruh chill out Newton leave some discoveries for the rest of us.
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Newton was one incredible man
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I studied maths as Uni but never had access to material like this. These videos explain complex ideas in a few minutes that took me weeks of reading in text books to understand.
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"Luckily he had just invented calculus" unbelievable
