WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number ...

The number didn’t get its name until 1706, when Welsh mathematician William Jones began using the Greek symbol for the number. It’s the first Greek letter in the words “periphery” and ...

It wasn’t given its name until 1706, when Welsh mathematician William Jones began using the Greek symbol for the number. Why that letter? It’s the first Greek letter in the words “periphery ...

It wasn’t given its name until 1706, when Welsh mathematician William Jones began using the Greek symbol for the number. Why that letter? It’s the first Greek letter in the words “periphery ...

Not matter how you slice it, March 14 has something for everyone. The national holiday has been celebrated for decades now, since the late 1980s, thanks to a San Francisco physicist. Larry Shaw, also ...

Why is it called pi? It wasn’t given its name until 1706, when Welsh mathematician William Jones began using the Greek symbol for the number. Why that letter? It’s the first Greek letter in th ...