Why do falling needles compute pi?

Credit to 3Blue1Brown, especially to his colliding blocks video, for inspiring this project. Check his channel out here:    / @3blue1brown   Read more about Buffon's needle problem here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%... Check out the source code used to create the animations here: https://github.com/jansenw95/buffon-n... Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/a... Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1dVyjw... 0:00 Intro 0:32 Demo 1:45 Proof 3:48 Outro (hi mr sckalor!)