The Discovery That Transformed Pi | Veritasium

For thousands of years, mathematicians were calculating Pi the obvious but numerically inefficient way. Then Newton came along and changed the game. References: Arndt, J., & Haenel, C. (2001). Pi-unleashed. Springer Science & Business Media — Dunham, W. (1990). Journey through genius: The great theorems of mathematics. Wiley — 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 —