Happy π day.

[petergleick@fediscience.org]

Happy π day.

In 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives voted unanimously to make π=3.2.
#π
#πday

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-story-behind-indianas-1897-vote-to-change-the-value-of-pi/

[dhobern@scicomm.xyz]

@petergleick

That would be silly - it was 3.2 ...

[iris@neuromatch.social]

@petergleick 3.2, not 2. It made it through the House but not the Senate, because between the two votes, a mathematician talked sense into a bunch of the senators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill

[petergleick@fediscience.org]

@iris typo, thx

[jjj@functional.cafe]

@petergleick Wouldn't that be March 20? /ducks and runs

[c_dan4th@mstdn.social]

@petergleick That’s not even rounded right!

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@petergleick Science and politics...

[jonathankoren@sfba.social]

@petergleick pi day is a fake holiday by Big Math to sell more math