Article 4XR2 Pi Day 2015: meet the man who invented π

Pi Day 2015: meet the man who invented π

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Gareth Ffowc Roberts
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Anglesey-born William Jones was the first person to use the Greek letter I for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. But who was this little-known figure?

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