Originally defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, pi — written as the Greek letter π — ...

The ancient scholar Hippasus of Metapontum was punished with death for his discovery of irrational numbers—or at least that’s the legend. What actually happened in the fifth century B.C.E. is far from ...

On March 14 mathematicians everywhere enjoy a slice of pie as they recite the digits of math's most famous constant. Pi, defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, is ...

This all started with Pi and now I can't stop. Let me summarize what I have done so far: Pi day in the US is March 14 th. This doesn't work for non-USAians since they write the date in a reasonable ...

FOR believers in rationality, the modern world is often a frustrating and bewildering place. Despite the many and manifest successes of science, it seems ever harder to penetrate the fog of ...