In this episode, we meet John Sims, a political and math artist in Sarasota, Florida, and find out how his quilts encode the digits of pi. Scroll down for the full transcript! 
 
 
 
Resources for this episode 
 
 
 
<a href="https://calculated.truthbeautyequations.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Calculated.S1E1.pdf">Transcript</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="http://johnsimsprojects.com " target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="John Sims (opens in a new tab)">John Sims </a> 
 
 
 
<a href="https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2015/quilts-gees-bend-slideshow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Quilts of Gee's Bend: A Slideshow (NEA) (opens in a new tab)">The Quilts of Gee’s Bend: A Slideshow (NEA)</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/track/outdoor/beaver.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">Full text of the MIT chant</a> 
 
 
 
The Pi Day Anthem

In this episode, we meet John Sims, a political and math artist in Sarasota, Florida, and find out how his quilts encode the digits of pi. Scroll down for the full transcript! Resources for this episode Transcript John Sims The Quilts of Gee’s Bend: A Slideshow (NEA) Full text of the MIT chant The Pi Day Anthem

In this episode, we meet John Sims, a political and math artist in Sarasota, Florida, and find out how his quilts encode the digits of pi. Scroll down for the full transcript! 
 
 
 
Resources for this episode 
 
 
 
<a href="https://calculated.truthbeautyequations.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Calculated.S1E1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Transcript</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="http://johnsimsprojects.com " rel="noopener noreferrer">John Sims </a> 
 
 
 
<a href="https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2015/quilts-gees-bend-slideshow" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Quilts of Gee’s Bend: A Slideshow (NEA)</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/track/outdoor/beaver.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Full text of the MIT chant</a> 
 
 
 
The Pi Day Anthem

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