Pi Explained Visually
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Pi Explained Visually
That is a great visualization but one something that bothered me about it was that you're constrained to…
setosa.io16points
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#1,388of 2,272 in 2014
Top 62%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Docs: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visual explanation is useful for learning pi
From 1 comment
This would be a great resource for an advanced second grader.
axotty on HN
Objections
Content is only definitions and not interesting
From 1 comment
There are just definitons. Not interesting at all.
NaNaN on HN
Requests
Explain why pi is an irrational number rather than just stating 3.14
From 1 comment
It would indeed be more interesting to explain why pi is that odd number and not just say 3. But that is probably not so easy.
danbruc on HN
Alternatives named
pi-unrolled animated GIF on Wikimedia Commons
From 1 comment
The best way I've seen pi explained visually is pi-unrolled.gif: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pi-unrolled-720.gif
0942v8653 on HN
BetterExplained article on discovering pi
From 1 comment
Another approach: http://betterexplained.com/articles/prehistoric-calculus-discovering-pi/
rahimnathwani on HN