Squaring The Circle (feat. James Grime) - Objectivity 171

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  • Dr James Grime joins us at The Royal Society to look at all manner of things from secret codes to fancy objects... More links below ↓↓↓
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  • @ObjectivityVideos
    @ObjectivityVideos  6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    By popular demand, some accompanying documents can be found here: www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/squaring-the-circle-the-documents

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slimzie Maygen Haha. I've seen this "proof" before.

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Objectivity. I would love to have a mathematician go over this "proof" (in these documents) on Numberphile. It surly would be a great educational video on how to do proper math. Thanks.

    • @X_Baron
      @X_Baron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So, if things don't add up, just re-define the value of Pi to suit your needs and voilà.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Slimzie Maygen "Change the value of Pi to suit your needs and the task is completed."
      Why didn't we think of that before? So we could just change the value of 3 if we need to. Or 10. Or 1.
      Why, there's a whole new mathematics out there!!!
      Fred

    • @O-Kyklop
      @O-Kyklop 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Slimzie Maygen
      *Circumference of circle and the shortest edge length of the mentioned Kepler right triangle are both equal to 12.*
      Both equal to 12?!
      And where did you get that from ?

  • @WilliamLeeSims
    @WilliamLeeSims 6 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I haven't even watched the video yet, but we need a LOT MORE JAMES! Either on Numberphile or his own channel SingingBanana.

    • @pyrokinetikrlz
      @pyrokinetikrlz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MORE DR JAMEEEEES!

    • @shariqk-c9j
      @shariqk-c9j 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes we missing him? He haven't done on his channel. ...

  • @lunasophia9002
    @lunasophia9002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    To say Boole "influenced what we do now with computers" is something of a huge understatement. Boolean logic is at the very foundation of how digital computers function and there's absolutely no sign that it will change any time soon.

  • @pegy6384
    @pegy6384 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "The Bacon Cipher---the tastiest of all the ciphers." So nice to see Dr. Grime on here, and really lovely for Brady and Keith to pull out items that would be of special interest to him. :)

    • @seanleith5312
      @seanleith5312 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's interesting though that "s" used to be written as "f" without the cross in the middle.

  • @MrDowntemp0
    @MrDowntemp0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I wish the supposed method of squaring the circle with that gizmo had been presented.

    • @xja85mac
      @xja85mac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe Keith couldn't find the letters...

    • @Bbonno
      @Bbonno 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Sounds like something they would do on Numberphile, and they definetely should. We are sort of left hanging here.

    • @nathangrant1824
      @nathangrant1824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yes, i want to know too. a pretty box is not enough.

    • @AaronHollander314
      @AaronHollander314 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This guy is AWESOME! Calcutta in the mid 1800's. Imagine someone this motivated today.
      Charles Hudson (active 1825-1836) British civil servant based in India. The Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register for 1836 notes a functionary of that name as ‘head uncovenanted assistant in the Office of the Civil Auditor.’ Hudson sent several letters and papers to Thomas Young at the Royal Society in the period 1825-1830 mainly on inventions and his business address is given as ‘at the Accountant General’s Office’ None of these papers were published, but are preserved in the archives as AP/12/11-13. Hudson published his ideas independently as A new and demonstrative solution of the geometric quadrature of the circle and of the geometric mean… by Charles Hudson, of Calcutta (Calcutta, printed by Andrew D'Souza, c.1831).

    • @HidekiShinichi
      @HidekiShinichi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      wait few months and files of replica of it will be flying on thingiverse

  • @michaelgodfrey8807
    @michaelgodfrey8807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I actually love James Grime. I want him to talk to me about maths stuff all day

  • @TheDatolo97
    @TheDatolo97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    7:04 In Italian we use the methaphor "squaring the circle" (quadratura del cerchio) to mean a perfect solution to a given problem

    • @pepebriguglio6125
      @pepebriguglio6125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheDatolo97
      Interesting 👌👍 Different mentalities accentuate different aspects of the same matter 😉

  • @SergeantShrimp1
    @SergeantShrimp1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Numberphile video series "apparently quite good", what a humble brag haha

    • @slikrx
      @slikrx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or would that be a brag humble?

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But it is quite good, (so more a statement of fact than a humble brag.)

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best line.

  • @leopoldp
    @leopoldp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The cypher at 4:30 spells :
    "bewareofthisbearrwhoissentasaspyoueryou"

    • @diegotejada55
      @diegotejada55 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But there doesn't seem to be a "v" in the alphabet at the top, so I guess that it _is_ supposed to say "over" but they either just didn't use "v" back then or he just wanted to save some space

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not a historian but I think u and v were still interchangeable in those days

    • @tokikg7534
      @tokikg7534 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I had to guess, using what someone said (u & v possibly being interchangeable) and the fact that phonetically arr is essentially the same as are (pirate speak lol) this becomes
      “Beware of this be are who is sent as a spy over you” I’m not to sure about the “this be are who” since it doesn’t make much sense (maybe it’s supposed to be something referencing the reader being a spy?) but the last part definitely makes sense.

    • @leopoldp
      @leopoldp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think this is :
      "Beware of this bear who is sent as a spy over you"

    • @ErikFromCanada
      @ErikFromCanada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "bearer" most likely, which is interesting as it would imply the person delivering the warning is also the subject of the warning! :P

  • @AgentWaltonSimons
    @AgentWaltonSimons 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "I've seen the Clangers"
    Yep, incontrovertible proof that the moon is inhabited. Although I can't recall the apollo astronauts commenting on the presence of a Soup Dragon at all.

  • @ZeedijkMike
    @ZeedijkMike 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I could watch and listen to you guys for hours.

  • @Twitchi
    @Twitchi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    PURPLE GLOVES OF POWER vs WHITE GLOVES OF DESTINY, has there been such a conflict!?!?!

    • @bilalbaig8586
      @bilalbaig8586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Top 10 anime fights of all time.

  • @soranuareane
    @soranuareane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    So when can we expect an analysis of the quadrature of the circle "proof", Dr Grime? I'd love to see the logic involved and where the fallacy lies.

    • @carrottoponcrak
      @carrottoponcrak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Slimzie Maygen all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

    • @zacharieetienne5784
      @zacharieetienne5784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Slimzie Maygen wtf

    • @zacharieetienne5784
      @zacharieetienne5784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Kaedenn
      Proof comes down to transcendentality of Pi. (See original numberphile video on that for why)
      And if you want a video breakdown of the proof that Pi is transcendental... Yeah trust me you don't. It may be a little bit too complicated for numberphile. Proving transcendentally is not easy. At all.

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No I think he's wondering where the fallacy lies in this supposed proof.

    • @NothingXemnas
      @NothingXemnas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Slimzie, I don't know which of you are wrong, but Grime talks about area, and you talk about perimeter. Maybe I lost something like "with same perimeter AND area".

  • @Varksterable
    @Varksterable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been watching this channel for a while now. Seen most videos at least twice. I love it.
    But something has just suddenly struck me about it. (Call me slow if you want.)
    No music.
    Now I've finally noticed it, I just have to comment on how much better that makes this channel IMO.
    So many popularization of [x] channels think that adding music (usually at completely unnecessary volume and badly mixed) make things more accessible and entertaining.
    You seem to have taken the approach that the _subject_ should be the interesting part.
    And you are completely right; it is. And with nothing to distract from it, the subject shines.
    The fact that it's taken me months to even notice there was no music possibly proves the point; it is _not_ needed if the content holds the viewers attention. GJ.

  • @ky-gp4sz
    @ky-gp4sz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought this was a numberphile video, and was confused because numberphile already did squaring the circle. Also, I’ve always wanted SingingBanana 🎤🍌 in an Objectivity video!

  • @WilliamLeeSims
    @WilliamLeeSims 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Did Keith pick these books? Beautiful choices, as always.

    • @ObjectivityVideos
      @ObjectivityVideos  6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes Keith suggested them based on a few tips about James’ interests.

    • @huda2170
      @huda2170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Objectivity does he know every book in the library?

  • @sebastianmalton5967
    @sebastianmalton5967 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Can we get why he thought he had solved it?

    • @kourii
      @kourii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what I was waiting for

  • @jsd1982
    @jsd1982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All those ſs remind me of my favorite underhanded Futurama joke, "That's just how we write our s's, you ſtupid ſhithead." (pronounced as if ſ was read as f)

    • @rtpoe
      @rtpoe 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out "Fad Eyed Fal" by Benny Hill.....

  • @AndrewRedroad
    @AndrewRedroad 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really don't understand why this show isn't more popular.

    • @O-Kyklop
      @O-Kyklop 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly because of that, because it is a show and nothing more.

  • @EchoHeo
    @EchoHeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Mah boy James Numero Prime

  • @PinkChucky15
    @PinkChucky15 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so cool! And seeing you all together in this channel is awesome :-D

  • @ihathtelekinesis
    @ihathtelekinesis 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That object against the red background of the box would make a cool flag design.

  • @everythingknife8763
    @everythingknife8763 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the coincidence that earlier this night, I was having a conversation with my wife on search engine's current lack of Boolean search terms.

  • @Brightgalrs
    @Brightgalrs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Crossover episode, how about that.

  • @gejyspa
    @gejyspa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this the same John Wilkins who created the Philosophical Language, one of the first constructed languages?

  • @hanniffydinn6019
    @hanniffydinn6019 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Presentation is everything

  • @thomaskruszewski6052
    @thomaskruszewski6052 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is so cute. It makes my heart warm to see these guys just bonding over this stuff.

  • @ollebo
    @ollebo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    James should get his own gloves. The marigolds of mathematics

  • @orellaminx3530
    @orellaminx3530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Audio so crisp it's making my ears quiver. Keith should do audio books.

  • @mariovaz4861
    @mariovaz4861 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would deeply appreciate more of James Grime in Numberphile videos

  • @shawlhuman4960
    @shawlhuman4960 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr.Grime, happy to see you in this video!

  • @shadyradwan261
    @shadyradwan261 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keith and James, what a masterpiece. Good job, keep it up.

  • @chrysshart
    @chrysshart 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay, I love Dr. Grime!

  • @T3sl4
    @T3sl4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The purple gloves of WAAAAAHHHHHHHH

  • @xGaLoSx
    @xGaLoSx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keith and James? Fml, this is heaven.

  • @xja85mac
    @xja85mac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Is a "white gloves of destiny with James Grime" coming up?

  • @ChrisChoi123
    @ChrisChoi123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:12 the moment brady realises someone has finally trumped in naming things

  • @4trym
    @4trym 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    James!!!! He's my favorite numberphile!

  • @diegotejada55
    @diegotejada55 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brady, you know you're the real star of Numberphile

  • @GuanoLad
    @GuanoLad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I hope James has a White Gloves of Destiny coming too.

  • @vexflorez6220
    @vexflorez6220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:59 y(olo)! even the old masters knew it

  • @diegotejada55
    @diegotejada55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The dots on the cypher say:
    "Beware of this bear r who is sent as a spy ouer you"
    ...huh, I just noticed that there's no "V" in the letters at the top, IDK if that's because they didn't use "v" back then or just to save some space, but I guess that is supposed to say "over"...and the extra "r" might just be a mistake, IDK
    Now that I think of it, the message is reminiscent of mccarthyism during the Cold War when Americans thought that Soviets (the bear is the national animal of Russia) were spying on them...except that this was made 250 years before so...interesting

  • @allanfloyd8103
    @allanfloyd8103 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Brady trying to be objective about Numberphile... ;)

  • @mooncowtube
    @mooncowtube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The tastiest of all the cyphers" FTW

  • @gusmichel7035
    @gusmichel7035 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Probably said already, but the idea of the Earth being a Planet wasn't just something to prove, but genuinely novel until the Copernican model of the Solar System.

  • @sam08g16
    @sam08g16 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    James Grime is the best ever!

  • @StripeyType
    @StripeyType 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indeed, in many programming languages, the basic data type to represent a true or false value is called... a *boolean* value

  • @ProfRandom1618
    @ProfRandom1618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "What's in the box?!?!?!??!"

  • @mrrajsingh
    @mrrajsingh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All they needed was a bit of string. Then you can get 1/2 the circumference and avoid the transcendental number issue.

  • @shivanga13
    @shivanga13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    r + (1/9)r approximates the square root of ((L²)/2)
    Where the circumference of a circle with radius "r" approximates the perimeter of a square with side length "L". This is squaring the circle. Always approximates because of pi.

  • @ManicEngine
    @ManicEngine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Wilkins shows up in the Baroque Cycle/Cryptonomicon books by Neal Stephenson, which might be what is tickling the back of James' mind...?

  • @arsenelupin123
    @arsenelupin123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    19th century James!

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "...which apparently is quite good" is quite good. :-)

  • @robnorris4770
    @robnorris4770 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Objectivity’s new graphic logo!

  • @Zack-xz1ph
    @Zack-xz1ph 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That text by John Wilkins is fascinating. It's available on archive d0t 0rg

  • @vojtechpikal183
    @vojtechpikal183 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to see a numberfile video discussing the proof encompacted in that object.

  • @AgglomeratiProduzioni
    @AgglomeratiProduzioni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The Earth may be a planet" ahahah

  • @1996Pinocchio
    @1996Pinocchio 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keith has such a pleasant voice

  • @Tondadrd
    @Tondadrd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    And, how does the proof of squaring go? I mean this one in this video? Where does it break down?

  • @jadenrodriguez7592
    @jadenrodriguez7592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:05 He put Brad Pitt to shame with that delivery.

  • @jomama3465
    @jomama3465 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 1:09, isn't it that Thales was the first person to put up that kind of deduction(modus ponens)?

  • @EmilMacko
    @EmilMacko 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:50 *Chuckles mathematically*

  • @thesuccessfulone
    @thesuccessfulone 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the part where they have to prove the Earth is a planet. It's what separates pragmatism from dogmatism. Round Earth pragmatism vs. Flat-earth dogma.

  • @kwantimusprime1149
    @kwantimusprime1149 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd like to learn more about Keith the librarian. How does one become a librarian for the Royal Society?

  • @XanderFenikkusu
    @XanderFenikkusu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like Keith's ring!

  • @kwantimusprime1149
    @kwantimusprime1149 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video.

  • @javierabril242
    @javierabril242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am starting to watch the video and, I really, really want, for the amazing thing in the last book, to be the word amazing, please

  • @anubisu1024
    @anubisu1024 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found that old prints really have long S's (ſ). That's interesting.

  • @antoniodibartolomei1014
    @antoniodibartolomei1014 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:03 : Doesn’t it look like the wave function symmetrization for identical particles quantum sistems? What’s that really?

  • @kubeek
    @kubeek 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    really? some more detail about the clicky tile? like what are the lines on the squared circle, and how close it is to being correct?

  • @verifiedpurchase3486
    @verifiedpurchase3486 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! You look great, Dr. Haran! Fitotron5000 for life! Love, Tim

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat6157 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Besides the Bacon cipher, there is also the Pigpen cipher.

  • @B3Band
    @B3Band 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only PhDs are allowed to handle these books without gloves. Sorry, Brady...wrap em up!

  • @MrDowntownjbrown
    @MrDowntownjbrown 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The method gives a good approximation of the squaring of the circle but of course is ultimately wrong. It leads to a value of pi equal to 4/sqrt(phi) ~ 3.1446.

  • @stefanf922
    @stefanf922 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you created a square with sides pi, with an accuracy to Feinman's point(less than one Planck length), the area would certainly be the same as a circle with a radius of 1.

    • @O-Kyklop
      @O-Kyklop 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wouldn't . IT would be there still an error by defect of 0.003 regarding the exact value of ∏.

  • @paulorr4126
    @paulorr4126 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm surprised they let you touch it w/out gloves.

  • @smaakjeks
    @smaakjeks 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:35
    He was a real fan of P, this guy.

  • @swifteh1780
    @swifteh1780 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why was Brady the only one using gloves to handle those precious books? Had he only recently ate a bag of cheesy Wotsits prior to filming?

  • @johnchancey3941
    @johnchancey3941 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Purple Gloves of Power

  • @aopstoar4842
    @aopstoar4842 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you square it if you involved i?
    In another problem we saw dr Grime use i to jump in a sequence in the normal plane. Something with a cone where you went into i then back to the normal plane. Could it have been 2016?

  • @frysause934
    @frysause934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dr. James Grime. Star of the channel Numberphile, which is APPARENTLY quite good." Huuhh huh huh... Correction my good friend. IT IS GOOD. P.S. Jealous that you got to touch the book without gloves, adds a whole new reality to it, I think.

  • @numbermathematics4137
    @numbermathematics4137 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pi is trandscendental treasure is that

  • @Croxmata
    @Croxmata 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice T-Shirt you are wearing there, Brady.

    • @ObjectivityVideos
      @ObjectivityVideos  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. Golden ratio seeds!

    • @Croxmata
      @Croxmata 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The T-Shirt is the real Numberphile crossover.

  • @CrystalblueMage
    @CrystalblueMage 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm getting "Gries" flashbacks!

  • @jake_runs_the_world
    @jake_runs_the_world 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kieth sounds so much like Eddy Redmayne!

  • @kasane1337
    @kasane1337 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    James Grime? I thought his actual name is Singing Banana.

  • @Android480
    @Android480 6 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @md9763
    @md9763 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I perhaps only watch these videos to see what is happening with Brady's hair.

  • @phampton6781
    @phampton6781 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The quadrature of the circle object looks like a mysterious alien artefact.

  • @bertcantu1150
    @bertcantu1150 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that Steve howe from Yes?

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick9130 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Top ten crossovers in anime

  • @jayjeetchakraborty9788
    @jayjeetchakraborty9788 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    tastiest cipher of the 18th century..........................................!!!!!

  • @dielfonelletab8711
    @dielfonelletab8711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sharp beard Brady

  • @michaelsheffield6852
    @michaelsheffield6852 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is George Boole boolean algebra?

  • @turataitiev2393
    @turataitiev2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have got proof squaring the circle on me chanel

  • @Tabbasco2012
    @Tabbasco2012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uh hmm DOCTOR James grime

  • @fuffluff
    @fuffluff 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep watching, maybe just skip to it

  • @sudhirsethi9114
    @sudhirsethi9114 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    calcutta is today known as kolkata

  • @ophello
    @ophello 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish the device was explained in the video...

  • @SilentBudgie
    @SilentBudgie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just draw a square with sides equal to sqrt(pi). That was easy.