National Pi Day—March 14

March 14, 2010 by Chris · Comments Off
Filed under: Lessons Learned

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Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a nerd, which is precisely why a holiday like National Pi Day would appeal to me.

As the Pi Day website explains, Pi is a number that describes the the relationship between a circle’s diameter and its circumference. You remember that from high school geometry class, don’t you?

There’s something kind of cool and esoteric about a number that can never be expressed exactly. Of course, you can take part of the challenge. How many places can you name? 3.1415926535897932, etc., etc., Coincidentally, it is also the birthday of Albert Einstein.

A pithy man, that Albert Einstein. Consider these quotes:

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
“I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.”
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

This year, enjoy Pi with a bit of Einstein wisdom. After all, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”