Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!

Yes, it is Albert Einstein’s birthday, March 14, 1879. Could it also be coincidence that it is also the same date as Pi? 3.143.14159265359 Hmmmmm….

Today is March 14th, or 3/14. And that makes it Pi Day.

Andrea Peterson of the Washington Post explains, “Here’s a quick refresher course: Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Most of us learned the abbreviated 3.14 number in grade school, but pi can be calculated out infinitely without a discernable repeating pattern. It is both irrational and transcendental.”

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