Science Mar 14 Deep dish or New York style? How pi can solve your pizza order By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin, Jamie Leventhal
Science Mar 14 This Pi Day, use math to beat your friends at classic toy games On this most circular of pi days, we present three classic toys -- hula hoops, yo-yo's and Connect Four -- and explore their mechanics with mathematicians and physicists. By Kristin Hugo
Science Mar 14 Meet the farm boy from Wales who gave the world ‘pi’ One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all. By Gareth Ffowc Roberts for The Conversation
Science Jun 28 49 ways to celebrate the most perfect (math) day of the year June 28—6/28 or 28/6—is the most mathematically perfect day of the year (and Tau day). Celebrate by befriending a perfect number. By Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American
Science Mar 13 Why Math geeks are so excited about March 14, 2015, at 9:26:53 Pi Day is a holiday for math (and pie) enthusiasts to celebrate their love of numbers. And this year marks a once-in-a-century occurrence. Saturday at 9:26:53 a.m. the date and time will read 3.14.15 9:26:53. That’s 10 digits of pi. By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
Mar 13 Celebrate Pi Day with the ultimate banana cream pie By Judy Walker, NOLA.com The Times-Picayune In honor of Pi Day Saturday, we searched for the most mouth-watering pie recipe on the internet. We found one from celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, who's signature dessert is Banana Cream Pie. Continue reading
Mar 09 Are you celebrating Pi Day? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Saturday, March 14, is a special holiday for math-lovers. Known as Pi Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the mathematical constant pi. This irrational number is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its radius, and it starts with 3.1415926535897...the… Continue reading
Mar 14 Find your slice of birthday in pi By Frank Bi Because it is an irrational number, pi is infinite and never falls into a repeating pattern. Despite its use in mathematics for centuries, research is still being done on pi to determine whether the numbers repeat in a certain frequency. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch How well do you know Pi? By Ellen Rolfes, Frank Bi and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Mar 14 Pi Day Quiz: How many digits can you name? By Frank Bi For math geeks, March 14 is a delicious holiday that celebrates one famous number -- pi or approximately 3.14. The mathematical constant, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, can be used to find the area… Continue reading