john-the-author
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This event repeats every year.
Today is Pi Day. To be precise, 1:59 this afternoon will be Pi Minute. If you know the digits, you can compute Pi Second. At that precise moment, everyone leap. I'll be listening for the thump.
Notes: "Pi Day" is a calendar play on the mathematical value of pi to celebrate mathematics and science in our schools and society. In the United States, it is celebrated on March 14 (~3.14, hence March 14). Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (3.14159, commonly known as Pi Minute). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday. In Europe, it is commonly celebrated on 22 July (Euro date format 22/7, which is the fractional equivalent of pi).
The first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies; the museum has since added pizza pies to its Pi Day menu.
Math departments are very motivated about promoting this "holiday", but are often short funds and ideas on how to go about it. Most would appreciate any private organization - even an atheist one - to work with them to help promote the holiday. Offering pies are one obvious way to do this; and Hostess and Little Debbie pies are good choices of pies that can be safely and easily passed out with some kind of message attached to the package. These pies can be ordered from the manufacturer for very cheap ($0.25/ea) and delivered for free
Today is Pi Day. To be precise, 1:59 this afternoon will be Pi Minute. If you know the digits, you can compute Pi Second. At that precise moment, everyone leap. I'll be listening for the thump.
Notes: "Pi Day" is a calendar play on the mathematical value of pi to celebrate mathematics and science in our schools and society. In the United States, it is celebrated on March 14 (~3.14, hence March 14). Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (3.14159, commonly known as Pi Minute). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday. In Europe, it is commonly celebrated on 22 July (Euro date format 22/7, which is the fractional equivalent of pi).
The first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies; the museum has since added pizza pies to its Pi Day menu.
Math departments are very motivated about promoting this "holiday", but are often short funds and ideas on how to go about it. Most would appreciate any private organization - even an atheist one - to work with them to help promote the holiday. Offering pies are one obvious way to do this; and Hostess and Little Debbie pies are good choices of pies that can be safely and easily passed out with some kind of message attached to the package. These pies can be ordered from the manufacturer for very cheap ($0.25/ea) and delivered for free
