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Published online 15 March 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070312-6
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Pi Day celebrated
Mathematophiles of all ages enjoyed this year's ode to pi.
What is it that draws hundreds of visitors to San Francisco's Exploratorium every March to celebrate Pi Day? The allure of the unknowable? The draw of a mathematical mystery? Sure, all of that, said several participants at yesterday's event, but also the free pie.
Pi Day is celebrated on 14 March — written in the United States as 3-14, the first three digits of pi — at locales around the world.
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