Is Tau Better Than Pi?
Pi Day is the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi! It happens every year on March 14, since the numbers match the first three digits of pi. Is there anything better than pi? Tara joins Trace to discuss whether or not tau is better than pi. Read More: The Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl tauday.com/ The Tau Manifesto tauday.com/tau-manifesto "The Tau Manifesto is dedicated to one of the most important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most important: the circle constant relating the circumference of a circle to its linear dimension." Life of pi in no danger www.telegraphindia.com/1110630/jsp/nation/story_14178997.jsp "Experts appear to have ignored a proposal from within their own ranks to retire the circle constant that is taught in schools and appears throughout mathematics and replace it with 2pi, or tau." My Conversion to Tauism www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Mathhorizons/apr12_aftermath.pdf "There was no identifiable moment when I said, yes, I believe. My conversion must have come on silently and unexpectedly." Pi Is Wrong! www.math.utah.edu/~palais/pi.pdf "I know it will be called blasphemy by some, but I believe that pi is wrong." Tau Day: Why you should eat twice the pie lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/tau-day-why-you-should-eat-twice-the-pie/ "Earlier this year, the admissions office of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology related an odd tale of a conflict over, of all things, a number." Follow Tara on Twitter (twitter.com/taralongest) Watch her on Hard Science (www.youtube.com/user/hardscienceshow) and Rev3Games (www.youtube.com/user/Rev3Games) Watch More: Pi and Pie are Amazing www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hku22PBx6Io TestTube Wild Card testtube.com/dnews/dnews-536-honey-is-magic?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC Why You're Not Bad at Math www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0Z--pmPog ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ gplus.to/dnews Discovery News discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: testu.be/1ndmmMq
