Hans-Henrik Stølum published a paper announcing his astonis…

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Hans-Henrik Stølum published a paper announcing his astonishing finding that pi is also nudging, always nudging, the bendy paths of the world’s rivers to continue their seemingly chaotic meanderings — in a mathematically predictable pattern.

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His simulation, using empirical data and fluid dynamics modeling, found that the oscillating paths of rivers their sinuosity, calculated by dividing the river’s actual meandering length by the length of the direct line drawn from source to sea average 3.14