Publish Date: Monday, March 14, 2011
Happy Pi Day! (That's supposed to be the Pi symbol on the pie :-))
Location: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Happy Pi Day, Everyone! Today is the day (March 14th, or 3.14, which are the first three digits of pi) to celebrate one of the most famous numbers in all of mathematics: pi. Pi Day happens to be one of my favorite holidays, mostly because you celebrate by eating actual pie! I mean, what’s not to like about a day which give you an absolutely excellent excuse to spend several hours in the kitchen whipping up a fresh pie to share with your friends? Today, in honor of this irrational number, Mom and I baked a caramel pumpkin pie, topped with a pi-shaped strudel crumble. It was delicious—rich, dark, and very unique with its burnt sugar accent flavor. And, of course, because it’s Pi Day, everyone who eats pie must have 3.1415927 slices! For all us math geeks out there, Pi Day is also an excellent day to gather with friends and discuss the history, importance, relevance, uses, and philosophies of pi. Some of us can even sing Pi (seriously, look up the Pi Song on YouTube)! Pi has appeared in many things, from Kepler’s Third Law, to Star Trek, to Carl Sagan’s novel Contact, to the MIT college cheer, and I could probably write a pi-length blog on all the interests and intricacies of this number…but, instead, I’ll just remind you that today is a day to embrace your inner geek and your sweet tooth, all at the same time!
If you want to send a pi e-card, go to: http://www.piday.org/ecards/
Happy Pi Day, my friends!
Send us the recipe!!! See you soon.
Jackie
Happy pi day to you too!
The philosophy of pi is maybe beyond the scope of most mathematicians I would imagine.
Shouldn’t that be “Embrace Your Inner Greek” seeing they’re the ones that discovered the famous 22/7 number?
You will have another chance on July 22 to celebrate pi day. Most of the rest of the world writes the date as dd/mm, so 22/7=3.14.
Just think… If you would have baked a square pie, then you could have had pi squared!