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Math Geeks, Unite! It's Pi Day
 Math Geeks, Unite! It's Pi Day 

Math Geeks, Unite! It's Pi Day

Today's date matches the digits of the math figure

(Newser) - Circle enthusiasts of America, rejoice: Today is Pi Day, when the digits that make up the date, 3/14, match the first digits of pi, the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference. The particularly passionate can celebrate pi second at 1:59:26, Scientific American reports—when aligned...

She Painted Bolero
 She Painted Bolero 

She Painted Bolero

Brain disease led Ravel to compose 'Bolero;' and a scientist to paint it

(Newser) - Struck down by a degenerative brain disease, mathematician and scientist Anne Adams lost much of her ability to do even simple scientific tasks. But the disease also unleashed a fierce artistic creativity, as her brain rewired itself to compensate for the damage. Among her work is a painting that represents...

Celebrate pi, It's 3/14!
 Celebrate pi, It's 3/14! 

Celebrate pi, It's 3/14!

Classrooms everywhere fete a most mathematical holiday

(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...

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