SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY - Pi Day humor

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

HUMOR: Pi Day Humor

From Imgur.

3.14 :| - Imgur

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Pi Day Videos

Happy Pi Day!



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A link to my Pi Day posts

HUMOR: Pie Charts For Pi Day

Well, another Pi Day has come. And in honor of that, I present some great pie charts from various web sites! - OlderMusicGeek

HUMOR: A Joke For Pi Day

Here's a joke I heard back in high school for Pi Day. - OlderMusicGeek

There was the village that was far away in the mountains. And in this village, they had a young boy who was very gifted, especially in math.

But his family had died in a tragic accident, and he lived with his poor grandfather and his nephew. So since no one in the town had ever gone to college, everyone in the village chipped in and sent him off.

The college was far away, and the young man could not afford to visit his home. When he finally got his Ph.D., he went back to his home village.

There was a big celebration in the village with a parade and fireworks. Then the town asked for a speech.

The man was rather shy. "I don't know what to say!"

Someone shouted, "Tell us something you learned in college!"

The man said the first thing that came to mind - "Pi r square."

Everyone looked disappointed and slowly walked away. The only two people to remain were his grandfather and nephew.

"What did I say wrong?"

The grandfather looked at him and said, "Everybody know pie are round!"

SCIENCE/TECHONOLOGY and CULTURE/SOCIETY: Pi Day

Well, I'm a day late on this one. I just learned about it on yesterday and have been kind of busy. But here's some stuff to make up for it!

But I'll start with this quote: Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important. - OlderMusicGeek



From The National Post
Pi Day: It only comes 'round once a year
Posted: March 14, 2008, 3:21 PM by Chris Boutet Science & Health

Well, today's date is 3/14, and you know what that means: That's right, math nerds, it's Pi Day! And the 20th anniversary of the first Pi Day, at that!

So what are you waiting for? Straighten that pocket protectors and start celebrating the number that never ends. If you're at a loss for ideas, John Tierney of the New York Times offers a few celebration suggestions on his science blog, TierneyLab. Our favourite among them, of course, involves eating:

1) Enjoy a piece of pie precisely at the Pi Second, 1:59:26 p.m. (3/14/1:59:26)

Granted, those of us in the Eastern time zone may have missed the boat on this one, but for those of you in B.C. and the Prairies, grab a fork; you've still got time.

To learn more about this important milestone, check out The Exploratorium's 20th Annual Pi Day Celebration page.

Here are a few items from that page. - OlderMusicGeek

Pi-kus - haikus about pi...

Endless digits, yet
No guarantee your pie will
Yield another slice
- ?

A circumference
divide by diameter
irrational pi.
- Paul D
Mnemonics where the number of characters in each word gives you a digit of pi. The first word has 3 characters, the second word has 1 character, the third has 4 characters and so on...

Man, I know, I sense,
struggles to deduce life’s end.
Silly endeavor.
- http://wordways.com/articles/WKPIKU.pdf

Egg, a beer, a steak
decorates my shower floor.
I’ve drunk overmuch.
- http://wordways.com/articles/WKPIKU.pdf

It’s a bird, a plane,
appearing in cloudy skies--
It’s brave Superman!
- http://wordways.com/articles/WKPIKU.pdf
A Pi limerick....

Now there is an ancient Greek letter,
And I think no other is better.
It isn't too tall,
It might look very small,
But its digits, they go on forever.
- http://www.kathimitchell.com/piceleb.html

The official Pi Day website
The origin of Pi Day
A short history of pi from San Francisco's Exploratorium
Did a state legislature once pass a law saying pi equals 3?
NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday's story on Pi Day
NPR's The Bryant Park Project's piece on Pi Day
NPR's All Things Considered's story on Pi Day last year