SAN FRANCISCO — It took the ancient Greeks and the infinite power of the circle to make it happen, but the California Academy of Sciences is opening four minutes early on Saturday. It's going to open at 9:26 a.m. instead of 9:30 a.m. And the reason PRINCETON — Princeton celebrated a very special Pi Day … Read more
Pi Day (3/14) is the unofficial holiday dedicated to pi. Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and it's an irrational number, so it can't be expressed as a simple fraction of two integers. The number starts out with This attention comes to a head each year with the celebration of … Read more
And that makes it Pi Day — the day where math nerds across the country gather to eat pie and discuss the importance of numbers. But did you know it's also Albert Einstein's birthday? The theoretical physicist whose name has become synonymous with As the world celebrates Pi Day on Friday, a movement is growing … Read more
As the world celebrates Pi Day on Friday, a movement is growing that claims pi — or 3.14, the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference — is wrong. MORE: World celebrates 3.14. The Tau Day movement supporters — also known as Tauists — say Oh, right, don't forget to get your official Pi … Read more
Anyone who remembers middle school geometry knows at least a little bit about Pi, the ratio that allows us to compute the circumference, area, and volume of round things. March 14, or 3/14, is recognized by math geeks as Pi day. That happens every year. The New York Times is featuring a pi puzzle this … Read more