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  • March 2008

    • Earliest Recording of Sound Finally Played Back

      New York Times  |  Mar 27, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Earliest Recording of Sound Finally Played Back

      (Newser) - Thomas Edison and associates might've been first to hear recorded sound, but scientists have revealed they weren’t the first to create it, the New York Times reports. A 10-second recording of “Au Clair de la Lune” made in 1860—17 years before Edison patented the phonograph—has finally been played back by researchers who discovered it in a Paris archive. More »

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      invention  • sound  • Thomas Edison  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Celebrate π, It's 3/14!

      The Daily Princetonian  |  Mar 14, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Celebrate π, It's 3/14!

      (Newser) - Math lovers, rejoice, for today is Pi Day, celebrated in classrooms around the country—preferably at 1:59, which, on 3/14, nearly matches 3.14159, the famed irrational number’s first six digits. “What’s fun about pi is that everyone knows the number,” a math professor tells the Daily Princetonian . “People feel they have an appreciation for what it means.” More »

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      school  • mathematics  • Princeton  • University of Tokyo  • pi  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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