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Proof Without Words: The Circle
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Proof Without Words: The Circle
  • Published_at:2012-05-29
  • Category:Science & Technology
  • Channel:minutephysics
  • tags: area, of, circle, pi, squared, visual, proof, without, words, radius, circumference, electromagnetism, strong, weak, Economics, gauge, theory, arbitrage, force, boson, higgs, canada, money, infinity, earth, moon, sun, galaxy, fourth, dimension, string, light, distance, einstein, special, relativity, travel, black hole, standard model, rocket, science, Tides, gravity, Neutrino, photon, lhc, electron, atomic, nuclear, General, Dark, energy, Minutephysics, minute, physics, Henry, Reich, universe, xkcd, cat, schrodinger, Perimeter, Institute
  • description: Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler! I first saw this proof in an article by Russell Jay Hendel, Dowling College: http://bit.ly/LQlwQw minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder Thanks to Nima Doroud for contributions and to Perimeter Institute for support. http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca
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