3.141592...: Celebrating Pi Day

Pi Day celebrations take place, appropriately enough, on March 14. For a glimpse of activities highlighting the enduring fascination of the digits of pi (the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter), take a look at the Exploratorium's Web pages devoted to pi, then sample the following links to other weird and wonderful pi pages.

The MAA is collecting pi-related photos for our gallery. Send your pi-related photos with a brief description to editor@maa.org.

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"The Great Pi/e Debate" with Colin Adams and Thomas Garrity

Colin Adams and Thomas Garrity settle once and for all the burning question that has plagued humankind from time immemorial: "Which is the better number, e or pi?" In what could be the most important debate of the millennium, Williams College Professors Adams and Garrity use any means within their powers, legal or otherwise, to prove their point. Moderated by Edward Burger, our debaters challenge orthodoxy, brazenly flaunt convention and behave rather badly in their attempts to convince the audience of the absolutely ridiculous nature of their adversary's arguments. This event may have the historical significance of the Edict of Nantes, the Yalta conference, or the Kennedy-Nixon debates. Or perhaps not. But just in case, you don't want to miss it!