Radian is a more natural way of expressing an angle. By this I mean it is related to the natural relationship between a circle (actually an arc of a circle) and the radius of the circle, while degrees are a measurement created by man.
If you take an angle of 1 radian, the measurement along the arc is equal to the length of the radius. Hence the term radian has the same root as radius. So if you multiply the angle measurement (in radians) by the radius, then you have the length of the arc.
If you have a full circle (360° is equal to 2*pi radians), the circumference (length of an 'arc' going all the way around the circle) is 2*pi*radius.
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Because a radian is a far more versatile unit of measurement, especially in advanced mathematics.
Degrees = (180/pi)*Radians
A radian is 180/pi degrees, or about 57 degrees
The radian is 0.523598776