Calculating By Hand and Using Machines

Matt Parker's π Day video:

Brady talking to Matt Parker about William Shanks calculating reciprocals of primes in the nineteenth century, ... Shanks calculations were contemporaneous with the development of automated mechanisms for calculating tables, see Difference engine.

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Dianna Cowern calculating π with darts:

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Jack Monaco calculating integrals using mechanical devices:

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