Computer maker Raspberry Pi has launched a new introductory course to help young coders get to grips with the Python programming language.

Here are two methods for calculating pi. One is a measurement of circular objects and the other is a python calculation.

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

To celebrate Pi day—the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter—in a computational way, here’s how you can see just how fast your laptop is at computing Pi.