Surprising Math Fact
31415926535897932384626433832795028841 is a prime number.
It’s also the first 38 digits of pi.
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Math Songs
. . . audio and video pieces based on five famous mathematical constants. The constants were “sonified” by assigning notes from various musical instruments to the digits 0 through 9.
Fascinating “number play” by Tom Dukich here, including musical representations of pi.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday
In jest, I like to claim da Vinci as a distant cousin, as the Italian side of my family is from Anchiano and Lucca, but I haven’t traced my family back that far. (Although maybe someone knows more than I do—any family members care to comment?)
Anyway, there are many places to learn about this extraordinarily intelligent and talented man, including Wikipedia and the Art Renewal Center.
(For the record, though I like to claim da Vinci, I’d like to take this opportunity to disclaim The Da Vinci Code.)
