Pi can be calculated using a random sample of darts thrown at a square and circle target. Pi can be calculated using a random sample of darts thrown at a square and circle target. The problem with ...

It is once again Pi Day (March 14—which is like the first digits of pi: 3 and 14). Before getting into this year's celebration of pi, let me just summarize some of the most important things about this ...

This is at least my ninth year of writing about Pi Day—here is my post from 2010. Of course it's called Pi Day because the date, 3/14, is similar to the first three digits of pi (3.1415 …). At this ...

"If pi is infinite, how come we can use it in math problems?" asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. Say your prized marble ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A Google employee ...

It begins with 3.14 and goes on forever. But the value of Pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, has new meaning on this Pi Day, March 14. Emma Haruka Iwao, a Google employee, has ...

Editor's note: A version of this story was published in March 2011. Get ready to roll out some dough, because it's Pi Day. What's that, you ask? Think back to geometry class. Pi represents the ratio ...