Our Google overlords yesterday recognised a day of significance to every fan of that most famous of irrational numbers – pi.
Google Celebrates Pi Day
Pi (as any fule kno) describes the relationship between a circle’s radius and its circumference or area, or between a sphere’s radius and its surface area or volume.
If you’re wondering why yesterday could be described as Pi Day, remember that in America Sunday 14th March is written 3/14/2010. The first three digits of the date match those of the magic pi – 3.14159…
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[via Mashable]