Each year, the 14th of March is celebrated by scientifically-minded folks for two good reasons. First, it's Einstein's birthday (happy 135th, Albert!). Second, it's Pi Day, because 3/14 is the closest calendrical approximation we Each year, the 14th of March is celebrated by scientifically-minded folks for two good reasons. First, it's Einstein's birthday (happy 135th, … 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 Oh, right, don't forget to get your official Pi Day t-shirt, designed … Read more
Today is 3/14, therefore a happy Pi Day to all! Next year will be even more fun, though, since it'll be 3/14/15 Moving right along a lot happened in the world of politics this week, including Democrats being disappointed in a Each year, the 14th of March is celebrated by scientifically-minded folks for two good … Read more
The number pi = 3.14159265358979323846 is arguably the only mathematical topic from very early history that is still being researched today. The Babylonians used the approximation pi ≈ 3. The Egyptian Rhind Papyrus, dated to roughly 1650 BCE, Pi Day (3/14) is the unofficial holiday dedicated to pi. Pi is the ratio of a circle's … Read more
Pi is an irrational number that expresses the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. You knew that, right? But you might not know that Pi Day was conceived back in 1988 by physicist Larry Shawn of San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum. (CNN) — March 14 is my favorite day to be a nerd. … Read more
Pi is an irrational number that expresses the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. You knew that, right? But you might not know that Pi Day was conceived back in 1988 by physicist Larry Shawn of San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum. Today is 3/14, which means it's time to celebrate Pi Day. How … Read more
Today is March, 14, 2014, known to fans of Raspberry Pi and Pi Day—3.14. Get it? We love Raspberry Pi here at MAKE and the number of Pi fans is growing, but of course there are still lots of people who have no idea what Pi is an irrational number that expresses the ratio of … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – On Friday, millions of people worldwide will celebrate both a mathematical constant and a sweet filling in a wheaten crust. In other words—Pi Day. Pi is the ratio used to compute the circumference, area, and volume of circles. For The number pi = 3.14159265358979323846 is arguably the only mathematical topic from very … Read more
In 1706, the British astronomer John Machin calculated π to 100 digits (by hand of course). His trick was to notice that π = 16A – 4B where A and B are given by. This is an excellent discovery, because the series for A involves The Greeks never figured this out, but perhaps you can. … Read more