Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler! I first saw this proof in an article by Russell Jay Hendel, Dowling College: http://bit.ly/LQlwQw minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzE...
========== Word on the street has it you'd like to derive the area of a circle. Well, all you need is some chain and a ruler.And it's a visual proof,
So I'll stop talking now.