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3.141592...: Celebrating Pi Day
Pi Day celebrations take place, appropriately enough, on March 14. What started as a celebration with free Pi pie and math activities on college campuses has since been officially recognized by the 111th U.S. Congress as a national day of appreciation and awareness of the Greek symbol Pi (Bill H.RES.224 ).
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 [email protected] .
What are you doing on Pi Day?
Pi-related Links
Official Pi Day site
BBC Article on Pi Day
Pi Across America
Making a Pi Necklace
Pi Day (Wikipedia)
How to Celebrate Pi Day (Wiki)
TeachPi.org
Videos
The Great Pi/e Debate
How well do you know Pi? (PBS NewsHour)
The Sounds of Pi: A Unique Musical Interpretation
Have your Pi and eat it too
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