Article: Crop circle genius brings the life of pi ; To the untrained eye it looks like a pretty pattern - one of the fascinating geometric shapes that adorn the fields of Wiltshire every summer.

To the untrained eye it looks like a pretty pattern - one of the fascinating geometric shapes that adorn the fields of Wiltshire every summer.

But this new crop circle, discovered in a field in north Wiltshire, has stunned mathematicians.

The circle is, apparently, a coded image representing a complex mathematical number - the first ten digits of pi - and even astrophysicists admit they find it 'mind boggling'.

The formation was created in a barley field near Barbury Castle, the iron age hillfort above Wroughton in Wiltshire in early June.

Measuring around 150ft in diameter, it had the crop circle enthusiasts and experts stumped - and they usually can come up with a message or purpose to ...

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