value of pi and 22/7

Neil Cerutti neilc at norwich.edu
Fri Mar 18 09:01:31 EDT 2011


On 2011-03-18, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti, 18.03.2011 13:17:
>> On 2011-03-18, peter<peter.mosley at talk21.com>  wrote:
>>> The Old Testament (1 Kings 7,23) says ... "And he made a molten
>>> sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round
>>> all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
>>> cubits did compass it round about. ".  So pi=3.  End Of.
>>
>> RIIIIIIght.  What's a cubit?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit
>
> I think that particular author of that particular part of the
> bible just used it to make the text appear older than it was at
> the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KHt8xrQkk

-- 
Neil Cerutti



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