3-14: Celebrate Pi(e) Day
Whether you are a mathematician or a pizza lover, today you can celebrate Pi(e).
By Mary Ann Lopez Pizza. Apple, cherry and rhubarb. Charlie Brown’s head? What all of these things have in common is Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Today the world over mathematicians, pizza lovers, fruit and savory pie eaters along with Peanuts fans can come together in celebration over the Greek letter π, also known as 3.14159… Why Charlie Brown has been called a block head when his head clearly has the roundness of a circle has not been solved through mathematics. But, the search for Pi, not the fruit kind, began back around 400 B.C., Richard Wilders, department chair and professor of mathematics at North Central College has said. Archimedes was one of the first to try to solve the riddle. Though a …
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