WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, ...
Most stop at 3.14. One young local student went more than a thousand past that, snapping a record set two decades prior.
Ben Garland broke the almost decade long standing record of PI memorization and recitation at St. Philomena Catholic School's PI Day competition, reciting 2,077 digits in 17 minutes.
The holiday was created in 1988 by Larry Shaw, a physicist at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco.
Written by Anya Thompson] Students and staff at CedarBridge Academy turned March 13th into a celebration of mathematics with ...