WERE this book only for the mathematician it would be no book for me; but it is a great deal more. It is for all who care for the historical aspect of science; it is for all lovers of Greek ...

Math fanatics from all around the world and everyone else who just loves ancient Greek pi (or pie) celebrate on March 14.

March 14 — a day you’re more likely than most others to eat — or throw — a pie and get a reduced price on your pizza. It’s ...

Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite number representing the constant ratio of a circle’s circumference to its ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...