Celebrate Pi Day: Math in Movies and TV Dan Koelsch, March 14, 2010June 12, 2010 Happy Pi Day! For those who are too cool for school, Pi Day occurs every March 14th, because the mathematical constant pi, symbolized as π, is approximately 3.14 (get it?). The holiday has been celebrated for decades by mostly mathematicians, but even Google has taken notice this year. How can…
Where’s Google? Iain Welford, February 1, 2010February 1, 2010 If you read my latest “What If?” based on Men In Black, you’ll see that one of the sections included using Google Maps Street View to find some wayward aliens. If you haven’t, then why not? Here is the link, now there is no excuse! Well, as is always the…
Unexplained Phenomenon: Google’s New Doodle Creates a Ruckus Nick Butler, September 5, 2009June 12, 2010 Have you visited Google’s homepage today? You probably have, and you probably noticed today’s “Google Doodle.” Google’s Doodle for September the 5th is the Google logo with a spaceship “beaming up” one of the O’s. Now, normally Google has daily logos that reflect an important event (past or present), but…