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Pi Day is Today 3.14

On It — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:57:27 GMT

A day to celebrate math and science, it is Pi day. Almost eerily it is also the day Albert Einstein was born and Stephen Hawking died.

Albert Einstein is the one person who was alive during my lifetime that I have genuine regret for not having seen or heard him speak publicly. He was philosophical as well as scientific.

Stephen Hawking was buried in Westminster Abbey between Issac Newton and Charles Darwin. Despite his debilitating disease he continued his work and shared his brilliance. I suppose he is best know for his study of black holes, but he seemed to be a global thinker seeing how everything is related. I was amazed when he appeared on "Big Bang Theory." He clearly had a sense of humor.

Today we can celebrate two brilliant men.

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cheriere — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:00:33 GMT

@On It Thank you so much for posting this. I had no idea about this day. I did watch the movie about Stephen Hawking. It was terrific! I can't remember the name of it, but it starred Eddie Redmayne. I couldn't believe all he accomplished despite his disability.💝

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deepwaterdotter — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:03:22 GMT

I celebrate the scientists who innovate and the mathematicians whom I wish I could emulate.

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On It — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:08:11 GMT

On a lighter note, I will probably commemorate the day with a piece of pie. I always think of dessert, but others may refer to pizza as pie.

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Squirrels Are Trash — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:12:38 GMT

@On It

I work in STEM. We used to tweak the name and nature of the day to

"National Pi for Lunch Day"- We celebrated both science and having pie for lunch (or at least have dessert first)

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cheriere — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:23:38 GMT

@On It wrote:
On a lighter note, I will probably commemorate the day with a piece of pie. I always think of dessert, but others may refer to pizza as pie.

How Clever!!!😃. Any kind of pie sounds great to me!💝

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Love to Run — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:31:57 GMT

Happy PI Day! We're so excited that we planned our annual STEM Night for tonight!

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On It — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:39:30 GMT

@Love to Run wrote:
Happy PI Day! We're so excited that we planned our annual STEM Night for tonight!

Have a wonderful event! I like your quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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twinny70 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:02:05 GMT

Today is our 54th wedding anniversary and our dgd is 19 years old and in the NAVY.

We are on a mini 2 day road trip. Planning to have a nice dinner tonight and getting a piece of pie. Cherry is my favorite.

Glenda

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cheriere — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:05:46 GMT

@twinny70

Happy Anniversary!!!

💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

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twinny70 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:27:28 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@twinny70

Happy Anniversary!!!
💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

Thank you.

Glenda

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On It — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:56:19 GMT

@Love to Run @Squirrels Are Trash I was able to locate this again. I thought your students might enjoy it. There may be a video of the interaction out there somewhere.

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buglebeads — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:52:33 GMT

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GoneButNotForgotten — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:56:17 GMT

regarding pi day: at dinner we had dessert first and it was rhobarb and starwberry pie. Delicious, and my very favorite pie!

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Burnsite — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:21:32 GMT

My sister is a 7th/8th grade math teacher, and she always has to open the school day with a math talk on Pi day--an assignment about which she is ambivalent, as she is usually running to catch up after spring break and is requested to bake pies for the school.

Hawking was such an extraordinary person. Talk about making lemonade when he was handed a horrifying diagnosis. He coped. He appeared (via holodeck) as himself in an episode of "Star Trek, The Next Generation" and in quite a few episodes of "Big Bang Theory."

He also did voiceovers for "The Simpsons" and "Futurama." In real life he served as Director of Theoretic Cosmology at Canbridge U in England while carving out a niche in pop-science and joining the icons of pop culture at the same time. He made science cool.

An extraordinary man in every way.

I know this only through my sister, but it was Archimedes of Syracuse who first attempted to calculate Pi (287-212 BCE).

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Beacon girl — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:15:59 GMT