(Repost from 03/14/2011)
Happy Pi Day!
What is Pi Day?
I’m a math educator and I’ve celebrated Pi Day for many, many years. It isn’t the most widely celebrated holiday, so let me explain what it means. Today is March 13, which can also be noted as 3/14. The mathematical notation Pi is rounded to 3.14, so math classrooms around the world celebrate Pi Day today.
Do We Have It All Wrong?
Vi Hart shared this video which challenges what we think we know and understand about Pi.
Related articles
- Pi Day Is Coming – But Tau Day Is Better (science.slashdot.org)
- Games with a “Pi Day” Flavor to Them (valueoverreplacementgrit.com)
- Are Shakespeare’s Plays Encoded within Pi? (Vi Hart’s YouTube Channel)
