Everybody knows that the value of pi is 3.14…er, something, but how many people know where the ratio came from? Actually, the ratio came from nature--it's the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, and it was always there, just waiting to be discovered. But who discovered it? In honor of pi day, here's a brief (sort of) history of how pi came to be known as 3.14(1592653589793238462643383279502884197169…etc).
Happy Pi Day!
Posted on Sunday, March 14 2010 @ 19:28 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckPC World dedicated an article to the history of pi to celebrate Pi Day (because today is 3/14), you can check it out over here.
