Happy pi day.
It March 14. Which if you write it numerically, is 3.14. A very much shortened version of the mathematical constant that many of us probably remember from school, science class. Represented by the Greek letter Pi.
The day hasn’t been around a long time. In 1988, a physicist at the San Francisco Exploratorium organized a party to celebrate the idea. The U.S. House of representatives passed a resolution recognizing the day in 2009, and other organizations and universities have recognized the day. The day also happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday, so it all comes together.
Pi is a mathematical constant, defined in Euclidian geometry as a ratio of a circle’s circumference to it’s diameter. It appears in a number of different mathematical and physics formulas. It goes on forever after the decimal point, but we’ll stick with the 3.14. My math isn’t that good.
But there are very important things to remember about this day. Pi just happens to be a homophone for pie. Pi helps define a circle. Most pie is made in a circle.
See where I’m going here? For those of of maybe not so mathematically inclined, pi day can also mean pie day. You can celebrate the math stuff but eating pie. Not that we need an excuse to eat pie. It’s always good to eat pie.
And the types of pies are almost endless. Meat pies, fruit pies, custard pies, even pizza pie. So much pie and just the one day to celebrate. Although you can also celebrate on July 22, since 22/7 (22 divided by 7) also is a representation of pie.
So happy birthday to Albert Einstein and here’s to math. And pass the pie.
