Article: On 3/14, Princeton celebrates pi

Josephine Wolff
University Wire
03-14-2008
(The Daily Princetonian) (UWIRE) PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton University applied math professor Ingrid Daubechies first learned about pi as a young child, when her father told her to go around the house and measure the circumference and diameter of every circle she could find.

"It made an incredibly strong impression on me," Daubechies said. "I remember my father let me touch [the] circles I would otherwise never have been allowed to, like the precious china plates hanging on our wall. I got to take them down and measure them. My mother was very worried."

March 14 is a day of celebration for Daubechies and her colleagues and students in Fine Hall, ...

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