The State of Indiana Almost Changed the Value of Pi to 3.2!

There once was legislation proposed in the State of Indiana to change the value of Pi from the commonly accepted 3.14 to 3.2.  This was proposed by a hobbyist mathematician that had claimed to discover a method of “Squaring the Circle”.  The hobbyist was Edward J. Goodwin, from Solitude, Indiana and was a physician.  Squaring the Circle is a problem where a square is made that has the same area as a given circle by only using a small number of steps with a compass and straightedge.  It has proven to be impossible to do this.