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Pi Day itself dates to 1988, when physicist Larry Shaw began celebrations at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. The holiday didn’t really gain national recogniti
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Originally defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, pi — written as the Greek letter π — appears throughout mathematics, including in areas that are completely unconnected to circles such as chemistry,
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March 14th is Pi Day, the one day each year when math nerds everywhere trade their calculators for forks and celebrate (pi) the tastiest way possible with actual pie. As a math nerd whose work encompasses food and the environment,
Get ready to circle around: It's National Pi Day
Today is March 14th, celebrated as National Pi Day. This day honors the mathematical constant 3.14, which represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Pi Day quiz: How much do you know about this irrational number?
Pi, defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, is what's known as an irrational number. Despite its ubiquity, not only across math but also in fields as varied as medicine,
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