Geek Holiday Series

History of Pi Day: 3.14

The science, math, history, and music of the holiday

Bill Petro
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readMar 14
Pi
Pi. Image: Wiktionary

This holiday is often overlooked by those who do not speak Greek or those who do not speak Geek… but for the science major, this is a special celebration. Though it is an irregular constant number, regularly and annually on March 14, or 3/14, or 3.14 — we have the first three…

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Bill Petro
ILLUMINATION

Writer, technologist, historian. Former Silicon Valley tech exec. Author of fascinating articles on history, tech, pop culture, & travel. https://billpetro.com