It used to be a festival of fun created and celebrated by geeks but with no official recognition. Now, National Pi Day is a legal holiday in the US (but not one you get to take a day off of work for).<\/p>\n
Washington politicians took time from bailouts and earmark-laden spending packages on Wednesday for what might seem like an unusual act: officially designating a National Pi Day.<\/p>\n
That’s Pi as in ratio-of-a-circle’s-circumference-to-diameter, better known as the mathematical constant beginning with 3.14159.<\/p>\n
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution introduced two days earlier that designates March 14, 2009 (3\/14, get it?) as National Pi Day. It urges schools to take the opportunity to teach their students about Pi and “engage them about the study of mathematics.”<\/p>\n
Backing the measure is a collection of technology and engineering groups, including the Association for Competitive Technology, the American Chemical Society, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, IEEE, TechAmerica, and TechNet. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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It used to be a festival of fun created and celebrated by geeks but with no official recognition. Now, National Pi Day is a legal holiday in the US (but not one you get to take a day off of work for). Washington politicians took time from bailouts and earmark-laden spending packages on Wednesday for … Continue reading National Pi Day is Official<\/span>