{"id":722,"date":"2015-07-16T02:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2015\/07\/16\/calculating_pi_with_darts\/"},"modified":"2015-07-16T02:59:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:59:29","slug":"calculating-pi-with-darts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2015\/07\/16\/calculating-pi-with-darts\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculating pi with darts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> I love this one. Really, it&#039;s maths not physics, but there is a bit of experimental physics creeping in at the fringes when the experimenters realize that the first method is biased. The second method is much better designed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Regrettably, pi-day (March 14th, 2015, or 3.14.15) only works if you use the US system of recording dates. &nbsp;But fear not, &nbsp;e-day (2nd July 2018, or &nbsp;February 7th, 2018 if you&#039;re American) isn&#039;t so far away&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M34TO71SKGk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M34TO71SKGk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this one. Really, it&#039;s maths not physics, but there is a bit of experimental physics creeping in at the fringes when the experimenters realize that the first method is biased. 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