Happy Pi Day and a very happy birthday (posthumously) to Albert Einstein. It is kinda cool that he was born on sort of a significantly mathematical day... Even if he always said he was bad at math like most Physicists (chuckle haa haa). Of course by bad they mean amazingly beyond most of us. I will be shameless at this moment and tell you that Walter Issacson's biography Albert Einstein is incredible... Read it. Then read it again. Because you'll want to. Great biographer Issacson... His bio of Steve Jobs is equally superb. I am incredibly inspired by biographies and have quite a collection as well as a future reading list... hmmm... maybe we can share that soon!
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| Albert Einstein born March, 14, 1874 |
"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle,
or as if everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein
For a little background on Pi Day... it is celebrated on March 14th (3.14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “
π”)
is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio
of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is
approximately 3.14159.
Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal
point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue
infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits
are needed for typical calculations, Pi’s infinite nature makes it a
fun challenge to memorize, and to computationally calculate more and
more digits.
(from the official Pi Day website...
www.piday.org)
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| {I ate some pie... hee hee hee hee hee!!} |
If you really want to make a day of it, make a Pi(e) and enter it into this contest on the web!
http://www.instructables.com/contest/piecontest/
If you're like me... there was a time in your life when math, numbers the thought of it all scared the daylights out of you. Just give me a great book to memorize and leave me alone... However, I'm the kind of gal that a number can't back into a corner that easily. In fact, all it took was going into my high school Algebra class and having my teacher turn me away. Yes. That was the moment. I came in after school to ask for help. He told me quite plainly...
"Rebekah, you don't need to be good at math. When will you need it?
Don't worry about it and just get your other work done." -- Mr. You Know Who
My retort 21 years later... "Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds." -- Albert Einstein
