#MuchWow: Here’s How The World Is Celebrating Pi Day

Pi Day is usually observed by eating a slice of delicious Apple Pie

By: Shweta Ganjoo |
March 14, 2018 1:32 pm

Google is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pi Day with a delectable doodle depicting an actual apple ‘pie’! In today’s doodle, the tech giant has created an edible formula with the apple pie that gives the mathematical value of pi as a result.

For those of you who are not so sure, Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference (perimeter) to its diameter (distance from side to side passing through the centre). “Though modern mathematicians have calculated more than one TRILLION decimal places beyond the standard “3.14,” pi is an irrational number that continues on to infinity,” Google wrote in a blog post.

Today’s toothsome doodle has been created by award-winning pastry chef Dominique Ansel, who has paid ‘homage to this well-rounded mathematical constant’ by baking a salted caramel apple pie. After taking a look at today’s doodle, if you took want to get your hands dirty in the kitchen Ansel has given out his award-winning recipe in four simple steps. Take a look.

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About Pi Day
The value of Pi was first recognised by Larry Shaw in 1988, who organised large-scale Pi Day celebrations at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where he worked as a physicist. At the time, Exploratorium staff members and the public would go around the circular space in the place an eat a pie. Interestingly, Pi Day is celebrated at the Exploratorium with the same gusto till date. Around the world, Pi Day is celebrated by eating and throwing pies and holding discussions about this miraculous mathematical constant.

Here’s how Pi Day is being celebrated around the world:

Rain or shine… it’s π time!

Join us for our 31st annual San Francisco #PiDay Celebration at the Exploratorium—featuring π-themed activities, rituals, antics, and plenty of pie! #PiDaySF

More info: https://t.co/mTN1gnyiWY pic.twitter.com/vDqJjj9e6b

— Exploratorium (@exploratorium) March 14, 2018

During our pi day celebration, students were able to find the surface area of a pie, graph the digits of pi and discover facts about pi day! Ended the day with a friendly competition to find out who could memorize the most digits of pi. #molloylife @FWisnewski @ganley_jennifer pic.twitter.com/6OPygMDZwz

— Katharine Black (@Busybeeteacher1) March 14, 2018

During our pi day celebration, students made a collaborative Pi Day Poster, then engaged in a friendly competition to find out who memorized the most digits of pi. The winner of the day memorized digits! #molloylife @FWisnewski @Busybeeteacher1 pic.twitter.com/qFtsAoW5cK

— Jennifer Ganley (@ganley_jennifer) March 13, 2018

New video! Check out these Pizza Pi Pies in celebration of Pi Day 3.14 https://t.co/6mY2wVwB9t pic.twitter.com/nzEWEFkWj6

— Nerdy Nummies (@NerdyNummies) March 13, 2018

Happy #piday everyone!

Have some Pi Pie! pic.twitter.com/5aRA595GXw

— Scott Beamer (@Scott_Beamer) March 14, 2018

Tomorrow, March 14 is Pi Day! @uvicfood and @uvicscience are teaming up to give away 314 slices of FREE PIE this Wednesday at 3:14pm in front of Petch Fountain. Don’t miss out! #piday #uvicfoodie #uvic #yyj

A post shared by University of Victoria (@universityofvictoria) on Mar 13, 2018 at 3:15pm PDT

Happy Pi Day!!! While most organizations use Pi Day as a day to promote STEM, or reflect on the accomplishments of mathematicians, scientists, and engineers, RPi uses it to raise funds—to ask for an even larger piece of the pie. *A 10 percent surcharge is withheld from most gifts. For many others, the RPi administration takes an even larger cut (visit the link in our profile above for a complete breakdown).Given that the RPi administration is unwilling to engage in constructive dialogue, accept criticism, or work with students and alumni toward a better RPi and instead usurps the Student Union, chills free speech, and silences any voices in opposition, we urge you to withhold all donations until these issues are resolved. #rpi #rensselaer #rpi314 #piday #piday2018 #rpialumni #rpistudentlife #rpigamechanger #rensselaerpolytechnicinstitute #troy #ny #upstateny #finance #university #college #collegelife #campus #campuslife #math #studentunion #savetheunion #saveourunion #notmyrpi #renew #justdesserts #delicious #pie #pietotheface #pieintheface #collegeproblems #sweetaspie #notonedime

A post shared by Rensselaer Union (@save_rpis_union) on Mar 14, 2018 at 12:48am PDT

Día de Pi o #PiDay2018. En multitud de países se dice antes el mes que el día… y por lo tanto hoy es 3-14. Sí, como el inicio del número Pi. Atrévete con él en la @etsidi_upm

A post shared by ETSIDI UPM (@etsidi_upm) on Mar 14, 2018 at 12:33am PDT

When your husband wears your military jacket better than you when dressing as a ‘Pi’ rate! Happy Pi day everyone #whoworeitbetter #piday2018

A post shared by Gemma Styles (@mrsgemstyles) on Mar 14, 2018 at 12:13am PDT

Why is ‘pi’ important?
Pi is an important mathematical constant. In geometry, it is used for determining the area of a circle and volume and the surface area of a sphere. In trigonometry, it is used for determining the value of sin, cos and tan function. Besides being used in classrooms, pi also has some real-life applications. Take a look:

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– It is used for tracking population dynamics.
– It is used for studying the structure of DNA.
– It is used in navigation, like GPS.
– It is used for studying the structure of an eye.
– It is used for designing clock pendulums.
– It is used in digital signal processing.
– In nature, it is used for measuring ocean waves and light waves.

Happy Pi Day folks!