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Number pi (The)

Jean Brette, head of the Mathematics department at the Palais de la découverte, invites a class to the mathematics lecture hall and summarizes the history of the number pi.
Today computers can calculate pi to billions of decimals.

Duration

00:32:00

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Définition

SD

Color

Color

Sound

Sound

Version(s)

French

Original material

Video DV Cam

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