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Next > Pi Poetry The next time you are at a social gathering
and find yourself challenged to recite the value of
π (pi) to the 14th decimal place, try this
common mnemonic, "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures
involving quantum mechanics!" No doubt that sentence was created by a college student,
but it gets the job done. Simply use the number of characters in each word, thus
π = 3.14159265358979. Entire poems have
been written to aid in recalling π to 100
decimal places and beyond. Make up your own, lengthier mnemonics, and be the hit
of the party!
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