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SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Pi Day fun facts!

March 14, 2011, also known as pi day, is almost upon us. It is called pi day because if you write it out in numbers it is 3.14, which is the commonly used abbreviation for pi (Π). So in honor of pi day I thought I would do 50 fun facts about pi (this is also my homework for Ms.Miskelly, but I only need 1 fact for that so yeah. Do I get extra credit?) so here they are:

http://funskyshinesschool.edublogs.org/2011/03/10/pi-day-fun-facts/

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Bill the Lizard: A Brief History of Pi

The date March 14th, or 3/14, is Pi Day in the U.S., so I thought I'd commemorate by sharing a brief history of one of the most important and frequently occurring numbers in mathematics.

http://www.billthelizard.com/2010/03/brief-history-of-pi.html

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: SPACE & SCIENCE A brief history of pi

Everybody knows the value of pi is 3.14…er, something, but how many people know where the ratio came from?

Actually, the ratio came from nature—it’s the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, and it was always there, just waiting to be discovered. But who discovered it? In honor of Pi Day, here’s a semi-brief history of how pi came to be known as 3.14(1592653589793238462643383279502884197169…and so on).


http://www.techhive.com/article/191389/a-brief-history-of-pi.html

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head

By day, Janet Stephens is a hairdresser at a Baltimore salon, trimming bobs and wispy bangs. By night she dwells in a different world. At home in her basement, with a mannequin head, she meticulously re-creates the hairstyles of ancient Rome and Greece.

Ms. Stephens is a hairdo archaeologist.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324900204578286272195339456.html