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Crockett Johnson, Squared Circle (1968)

Happy π Day from Crockett Johnson

March 14, 2011Philip NelCrockett Johnson, Math, NumbersCrockett Johnson, Math, Numbers1 Comment

This isn’t the only kind of “pie” that Crockett Johnson was interested in.  In addition to “all nine kinds of pie that Harold likes best,” Johnson also drew inspiration from π (3.14159265…) – the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. In early 1968, he began the project of “squaring the circle,” constructing a

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