On Pi Day, Let's Gawk At The Beauty And Controversy Of The Math Constant

You're probably reading this because you like Pi Day. Once a year, your office, your classroom or your group of friends partake in pies of lemon meringue or pumpkin or apple… You're joined by people across the nation, nay the world, basking in the

The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to compute many important quantities about these shapes

Today is Pi Day. You know, March 14. 3/14 is sort of like 3.14. Get it? OK, it's a bit of a stretch because 3/14 looks like a fraction and not Pi. Whatever. We still call it Pi Day. Even if the date of Pi Day is a little weird, Pi is still pretty

Monday, March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day, the day when we celebrate the mathematical constant of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159. According to the official Pi Day website, Pi has been calculated to

Monday, March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day, the day when we celebrate the mathematical constant of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159. According to the official Pi Day website, Pi has been calculated to