March 14, name day m.in James, Eve and Peter, and also it is the anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein. In addition, since 1988 celebrates the International Pi Day. Why today? It’s simple. In the US, the date entered in the format month / day / year, and this is what today is the fourteenth day of the third month, which gives 3.14 – the most popular of digits of Pi. On this occasion performed a number of themed events.
It is worth mentioning that in Europe, that date is 22 July (22 / 7≈3,1428) but usually we all abide by the term wypromowanemu by academia in the US. In Poland there is no shortage of various events associated with the holiday. It is not surprising, since at present the number Pi is iconic symbol that has been used many times in popular culture. What exactly is a Beautiful This designation has been called transcendental irrational number, which represents the ratio of the length of a circle to its diameter. For the first time as it described the English mathematician William Jones in 1706. Despite this, the first mention of the number Pi is contained in the Bible, so the researchers knew her long before granting an official name. Sometimes this ratio is also called Ludolfiną, Dutch mathematician named Ludolf van Ceulen that in 1610 its value calculated with an accuracy of 35 digits after the decimal. Is now known to develop with more than a million digits.
curiosities about the number Pi is a lot, and it would be difficult to cite them all here. Undoubtedly, this is an important symbol for many people, so there is no shortage of events taking place on the fourteenth of March. The first celebration was conducted in the US Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco at the initiative of Larry Shaw and included several thematic lectures, as well as refreshments such dishes as pizza pie or apple pie, because of the similarity of English pronunciation. In Poland, as there is no shortage of different events. For example, University of Technology is hosting a contest where the winning person who is familiar to recite the longest number of digits of Pi. The current record belongs to David Wojcik, who each year to improve your results. In 2012, he recited from memory in 1012 decimal, in 2013, 1096 and until 1954 the year ago numbers. It is worth noting that the world record for memorizing confirmed over the number of 
His celebration organized by the Warsaw University of Technology, which performs a variety of workshops , tournaments and interesting lectures for students. In addition, the center of Gdansk Hewelianum Mathematics Night takes place and a lot of fun for a little younger people interested in the queen of the sciences. Fairly extensive program also offers event taking place at the Silesian University in Katowice. Those celebrations are uphill, because they have to compete with the competition is taking place the Intel Extreme Masters. Various events related to the number Pi is missing and they take place in most research centers and universities, so if someone does not have any plans for Saturday, you might want to take a moment to look for interesting events in your area.
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