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Happy Pi Day!

Posted by Ann Westerheim on 3/12/12 10:48 AM

Pi DayMark your calendars!  There's just one day and 15 hours left until "Pi Day".  Pi is the mathematical symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's diameter.  Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th. Pi = 3.1415926535…  (Get it, 3/14 in month/day format?).

Check out www.piday.org to learn more about Pi, see some cool videos about Pi, view one million digits of Pi, and get in the spirit of the day!

Pi Day was created by Larry Shaw in 1988 when he was at the San Francisco Exploratorium working as a Physicist.   The initial celebration involved staff and the public walking around one of the circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies.   In March of 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution recognizing March 14 as National Pi Day.

Topics: Happy Pi Day, 3.14

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