Ten Decimal Places Of π Are Sufficient To Give The Circumference Of The Earth To A Fraction Of An Inch, And Thirty Decimal Places Would Give The Circumference Of The Visible Universe To A Quantity Imperceptible To The Most Powerful Microscope.

-Simon Newcomb

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Ten Decimal Places Of π Are Sufficient

Simon Newcomb

Ten Decimal Places Of π Are Sufficient To Give The Circumference Of The Earth To A Fraction Of An Inch, And Thirty Decimal Places Would Give The Circumference Of The Visible Universe To A Quantity Imperceptible To The Most Powerful Microscope.

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Powerful

Giving

Earth

I Finally Reached The Conclusion That Mathematics Was The Study I Was Best Fitted To Follow, Though I Did Not Clearly See In What Way I Should Turn The Subject To Account.

Way

Study

Mathematics