Pi....
The very word can strike fear into a person as memories of Geometry race through their heads!
Pi....
The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Pi....
Shortened for the less enlightened to 3.14 or 22/7. It is used mostly in Grade, Middle, and Junior High Schools to help calculate the Circumference and Area of circles using the formulas:
prevented it from becoming law. Talk about stupid legislation!
Why Pi day? Why... today is March 14th or 3/14 or in the newer computer vernacular 3.14...
It's also the pseudo birthday of the formula E = mc² since today is the birthday of Albert Einstein. Pseudo because Mr. Einstein was not the first to use the formula but made it famous when it was used in his 1905 writings.
I find it interestingly coincidental that Mr. Einstein was born on 3.14 day... Don't you?
Pi... Enjoy your day!
For more information on Pi, check out the following links.
Pi... the movie
Pi to 1000000 places - check out the URL!
The Joy of Pi
World record Pi reciters
And believe it or not... in Europe the celebrate Pi Approximation Day on 22/7 (day/month is the way the write dates over there). Another reason to party in July.
Technorati Tags: Pi, Pi Day, Einstein
The very word can strike fear into a person as memories of Geometry race through their heads!
Pi....
The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Pi....
Shortened for the less enlightened to 3.14 or 22/7. It is used mostly in Grade, Middle, and Junior High Schools to help calculate the Circumference and Area of circles using the formulas:
Area = πr²In fact, In 1897, the Indiana General Assembly passed a bill that determined that Pi was equal to 3.2 and other rational numbers. The Indiana Senate, wisely, held the bill and
Circumference = 2πr
prevented it from becoming law. Talk about stupid legislation!
Why Pi day? Why... today is March 14th or 3/14 or in the newer computer vernacular 3.14...
It's also the pseudo birthday of the formula E = mc² since today is the birthday of Albert Einstein. Pseudo because Mr. Einstein was not the first to use the formula but made it famous when it was used in his 1905 writings.
I find it interestingly coincidental that Mr. Einstein was born on 3.14 day... Don't you?
Pi... Enjoy your day!
For more information on Pi, check out the following links.
Pi... the movie
Pi to 1000000 places - check out the URL!
The Joy of Pi
World record Pi reciters
And believe it or not... in Europe the celebrate Pi Approximation Day on 22/7 (day/month is the way the write dates over there). Another reason to party in July.
Technorati Tags: Pi, Pi Day, Einstein
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Mmmmmm. Pi.....
[/Homer off]
Pi, the movie is freaking WEIRD.
Maybe artsy is the right word.