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3.14 essential reads about pi; for Pi Day

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Editor, Science + Technology, The Conversation
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Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

On March 14, or 3/14, mathematicians and other obscure-holiday aficionados celebrate Pi Day, honoring π, the Greek symbol representing an irrational number that begins with 3.14. Pi, as schoolteachers everywhere...

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