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BMAONE23 wrote:I have a Chocolate Cream at home that is saying EAT ME

BMAONE23 wrote:The flow of Pi

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http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/art/

Pi Day, the informal holiday beloved by math enthusiasts – and even by the math averse – is almost here! March 14 marks the yearly celebration of the mathematical constant (pi), which represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. More than just a number for mathematicians, pi has all sorts of applications in the real world, including on missions developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. And as a holiday that encourages more than a little creativity – whether it’s making pi-themed pies or reciting from memory as many of the never-ending decimals of pi as possible (the record is 70,030 digits) – it’s a great way to have fun and celebrate the M in STEM. ...

Stephen Hawking wrote:
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

bystander wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:46 pm
RIP Stephen Hawking (1948[sic] Jan 08 - 2018 Mar 14)

Stephen Hawking wrote:
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

BBC: Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking wrote:
<<Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford to Frank (1905–1986) and Isobel Hawking (née Walker; 1915–2013). His mother was Scottish. Despite their families' financial constraints, both parents attended the University of Oxford, where Frank read medicine and Isobel read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. The two met shortly after the beginning of the Second World War at a medical research institute where Isobel was working as a secretary and Frank was working as a medical researcher. They lived in Highgate; but, as London was being bombed in those years, Isobel went to Oxford to give birth in greater safety. Hawking had two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward.>>

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:56 pm
So anyway, a Swedish scientist tried to explain to Swedes why March 14 is "Pi Day".
I liked it when he said that in order to celebrate Pi Day, you should eat "round food"!

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