One way to find pi (yes, that pi) involves a flat surface, a little twig or pin, and patience. It’s strange that the math MacGyver of the 18th century was called Buffon, but at least the guy was ...

This March 14, Short Wave is celebrating pi ... and pie! We do that with the help of mathematician Eugenia Cheng, Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of ...

Many kids find math intimidating and scary, but it doesn’t have to be. "Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y" (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) by mathematician and author Eugenia Cheng and New ...

Scientists have calculated pi to 105 trillion digits, although most of us are more familiar with the approximation 3.14. But how do we know that pi is an irrational number?

Pi Day, 3/14, is usually marked at schools to celebrate the formula of pi, 3.14, which goes on without repeating into infinity. At Eisenhower, the math faculty found various ways to choose the ...