Celebrate Pi Day - March 14, 2015

According to PiDay.org, a site that tries to "convince the world that math is fun, Pi Day 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."

So we here at Beyond the Cover thought we'd bring some thoughts on what you may want to read up on for this fascinating Pi.  Here are some ideas.

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