math
Birthday pi, anyone?
Many of you already know that Taylor shares a birthday with Albert Einstein. But did you know that his birthday is also “Pi Day?” March 14th is celebrated around the globe by mathematicians in recognition of that amazing number that signifies the relationship between the diameter and circumference of a circle. Take the diameter of a circle – the line connecting the two farthest points on a circle – and lay this length around the circumference – the outside edge of the circle, and on every single circle the relationship is exactly the same. The diameter can fit exactly: 3.14 . . . etc. times around the circumference. (Divide the circumference by the diameter.)
The first three numbers of this relationship have been calculated to be 3.14 – March 14th – and the next three numbers, 159 marks one minute before 2:00 p.m. as an even holier moment in Pi Day celebrations. Since this number is irrational – it goes on FOREVER without a pattern – and can never be calculated to completion, mathematicians long ago assigned it a Greek letter, pi. (For some reason, HTML will not let me print the actual symbol . . . sorry.)
You think this is just plain crazy? Well, if you don’t believe me, check out this site for more Pi Day information: Celebrating Pi Day
