Pi

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WATCH: Pi Maven's Amazing Feat Spotlights Celebrated Constant

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.13.2012

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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.

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Conservative Pie: Republicans Introduce Legislation Redefining Pi as Exactly 3

Ian Squires | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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5 Ways To Celebrate Pi Day

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Movie Review: Black Swan

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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WORLD RECORD: Computer Calculates Pi To Its 5 Trillionth Digit

Gizmodo | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Worth Watching: The Fountain

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

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

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

The Daily Texan | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Happy 30th Birthday, Battlestar Galactica!

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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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!

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Pi Day: Time To Party!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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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...

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