March the 14th (3/14) is Pi Day – a holiday commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi).
There are a number of matching accessories for geeks and nerds around, for example on the official Pi-Day page or in this collection on mashable.com.
It’s also happens to be Albert Einstein‘s birthday. Plenty of reasons to celebrate – for example by watching the video below and eating some (round) pies. Have fun!
Geometry, Humor, Math, Music, Science, Video
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Saying that you don't understand it
meaning "I don't believe it -
it's too crazy!
- it's the kind of thing ...
I just ...
I'm not going to accept it!"
The other person
well this kind -
I hope you come along with me,
... you have to accept it.
Because it's the way nature works!
If you wanna know
the way nature works
we looked at it, carefully:
that's the way it looks!
You don't like it?
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!
To another universe -
where the rules are simpler -
philosophically more pleasing -
more psychologically easy -
I can't help it, OK?!
If I am going to tell you honestly
what the world looks like
to human beings who struggled
as hard as they can
to understand it :
I can only tell you what it looks like,
and I cannot make it any simpler ...
I am not gonna do this.
I am not gonna simplify it.
I am not gonna fake it.
I am not gonna tell you
it looks something like
a ball bearing on a spring -
it isn't.
So I am gonna tell you
what it really is like
and if you don't like it
THAT'S TOO BAD!
Richard P. Feynman,
QED Lecture@University of Auckland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDTcMD6pOw
cistronic
#1 by cistronic on 2013/03/15 - 20:18
PI DAY ART POSTERS by Martin Krzywinski
Celebrate Pi Day (March 14th) with a funky modern posters. Transcend, don’t repeat, yourself and watch the dots shimmer.
http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/piday/