Monday, March 14, 2011

Pi in the sky

This being Pi Day, it’s your chance to geek out.

You know, π, as in 3.1417, that indispensible coefficient that allows one to calculate the various spatial parts of circles. Pretty much, since although someone has calculated π to a million digits, we don’t have a precise value for it.

When I was in college the, um, students at Harvey Mudd would make quite merry over Pi Day. Since 14 March is also Einstein’s birthday, it was a pretty big blowout all around. Relatively speaking.

Another way to mark the day is to consume pie(s). I reckon that’s one contribution I can make, since I was a Liberal Arts major.

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