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Are the Digits of Pi Random?

David H. Bailey | Posted 04.16.2013 | Science
David H. Bailey

To begin with, we have to be careful what we mean by "random." Clearly pi is not "random" in the strict sense, because individual digits are certainly not random but mathematically fixed. Perhaps a better and easier question is whether pi is "normal base 10."

David Freeman

Mind-Blowing Pi Meme Called Misleading

HuffingtonPost.com | David Freeman | Posted 04.12.2013 | Science

Pie is popular, but we love pi too -- even if that love is sometimes misguided. Consider the overwhelming response in recent days to a meme express...

Happy Pi Day!

The Huffington Post | Melissa Cronin | Posted 03.14.2013 | Science

Happy Pi Day! On March 14, mathematicians, scientists and everyone else who just loves pi (or pie) celebrate Pi Day—so named for the Greek symbol π...

Life of π

Santhosh Mathew, PhD | Posted 05.11.2013 | Weird News
Santhosh Mathew, PhD

The fascination with Pi, the most famous number in human history, is as limitless as its own digits. The obsession with Pi is more mysterious than Pi itself.

As Easy as Pi

Mario Livio | Posted 04.02.2013 | Science
Mario Livio

The fascination with π is so universal that in 1998 film director Darren Aronofsky even created a psychological thriller with that title. Here I want to tell only a few more π stories that are perhaps less known outside the circle of true aficionados.

Attention Math Nerds: A Pi Cake Pan Is Coming Soon

Posted 08.20.2012 | Home

Thanks the the magic ways of the Internet, Pi Day (March 14 -- pretty sure you can figure that one out) has unofficially become the day that food blog...

U.S. Population Hits Nerdy, Delightful Milestone

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 08.15.2012 | Business

The U.S. population has reached a nerdy and delightful milestone. Shortly after 2:29 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, the U.S. population was exac...

Can You Ever Have Too Much Pi?

| Posted 07.22.2012 | Science

By Evelyn Lamb | July 21, 2012 I hope you’re ready for your big Pi Approximation Day party tomorrow. You might have observed Pi Day on March 14. It...

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Pi Maven's Amazing Feat Spotlights Celebrated Constant

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 03.14.2013 | Science

2012-03-14-Screenshot20120314at1.11.56PM.jpgToday is March 14, also known as 3.14, also known as Pi Day. Geeks around the world will unite today to celebrate one of the most unique and beautiful constants in all of mathematics.

Conservative Pie: Republicans Introduce Legislation Redefining Pi as Exactly 3

Ian Squires | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Ian Squires

Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Ala.) is sponsoring HR 205: The Geometric Simplification Act, declaring the Euclidean mathematical constant of pi to be precisely 3 in an effort to improve test scores.

5 Ways To Celebrate Pi Day

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

March 14 (3/14) marks the 22nd annual Pi Day, which celebrates the mathematical constant Pi (π), whose first three digits are 3.14. In mathematic...

Movie Review: Black Swan

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Black Swan is like a horror-movie version of The Red Shoes --or perhaps it's The Red Shoes meets Saw -- in which the quest for perfection drives the dancer slowly mad.

WORLD RECORD: Computer Calculates Pi To Its 5 Trillionth Digit

Gizmodo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Yesterday, Alexander Yee and Shigeru Kondo announced that they had set a new Pi world record, calculating it to five trillion digits--some 6TB of data...

Worth Watching: The Fountain

Avital Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Avital Andrews

If you're in the mood for an ethereal journey, a philosophical, psychological thought-provoker of a film, The Fountain should satisfy.

Lauren Moore Sets Multitasking Record: Solves Rubik's Cube, Recites Pi And Balances Books On Head

The Daily Texan | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Multitasking has taken on an entirely new meaning for one UT student who can recite the first 100 digits of the mathematical constant pi while solving...

Happy 30th Birthday, Battlestar Galactica!

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Thirty years ago, ABC-TV delighted and outraged sci-fi fans with its new series, Battlestar Galactica, a lovable beneficiary of Star Wars' success. Happy Birthday, BG!

Pi Day: Time To Party!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Calling all math nerds! (It's OK -- haven't you heard? Geeks are the new chic!) Today, March 14, is Pi Day. Get it? 3/14? 3.14? Pi? C'mon, 8th Grade...