I have been working on getting my Kickstarter funded for the past month, so I don’t have anything special for Pi Day. Instead, here is a round-up of my prior posts, an event, and a Pi song video.
What is Pi (π) Day?
Founded in 1988 at the Exploratorium, Pi (π) Day has become an international holiday, celebrated live and online all around the world. The numbers in the date (3/14) match the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi (π).
Celebrate Pi (π) Day online with the Exploratorium
Listening Party with math artist John Sims and “Round” Table of Pi Presentations
Sunday, March 14, 2021 • 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Free online event—join via Facebook or YouTube
No matter how you slice it, you won’t want to miss Pi Day—we’ll be celebrating online this year, but you can still join the party for this irrational and transcendent figure. Math artist John Sims will host a live listening session featuring work from his music project 31415: The Pi Collection. This performance will present his work: Pi Day Anthem video, a spoken word Dear Pi letter, and the world premiere of a new Jazz Pi composition. Then join our panel of pi enthusiasts dishing out bites of pi trivia and pi art (along with a side of puns and pi-kus.) Ask your questions and share your pi stories in the live chat.
What is π, anyway? Divide any circle’s circumference by its diameter; the answer (whether for a pie plate or a planet) is always approximately 3.14, a number we represent with the Greek letter π. Keep calculating π’s digits with more and more accuracy—as mathematicians have been doing for 4,000 years—and you’ll discover they go on literally forever, with no pattern.
Books for Pi Day
The Mystery of Pi for Pi Day!
Making Pie for Pi Day: 3.14.16 (rounding up!)
Pi Day Humor: Happy Pi Day!
How Pi Tells Stories: Happy Pi Day!
Pi Day!
Happy Tau Day Today: 6.28
The Pi Day Anthem featuring John Sims and Vi Hart
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My books:
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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So funny! This festival is too cute. Now that everyone knows what pi is, they should be able to celebrate together!