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Re: FIRST: The Pi Conspiracy
I'm glad someone posted the video that explains the logo. Dean's 'favorite principle' of Archimedes lives on in the logo, designed by his father.
It makes me proud to see that spirit in the students who just doodle and think and wonder about all the little things like this  As Jane said - doodle on. 
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15-06-2011, 14:33
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Re: FIRST: The Pi Conspiracy
This is quite interesting... I love to hear math bantered about.
One thing though... Archimedes did not "invent" nor "discover" Pi The relationship between a circle's circumference and its diameter was well known by his time... The Babylonians knew of it... and the Eqyptians.. among just a few The value the Babylonians used was 3 and 1/4 and the Eqyptians used 256/81 Most commonly 22/7 was used. Archimedes was a genius by any standard but he did not discover Pi. He did use it to remarkable effect though... Oh and Mr. Barker... We Mayans have this thing we came up with... kinda round and "wheely" looking So far we only use it on toys... can't find any other uses yet... still working........... :0) Last edited by Bob Steele : 15-06-2011 at 14:35.
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