In 1655 the English mathematician John Wallis published a book in which he derived a formula for pi as the product of an infinite series of ratios. Now researchers from the University of Rochester, in ...

Two scientists were surprised to find pi lurking in a quantum mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom. “We didn’t just find pi,” says Tamar Friedmann, a visiting assistant ...

While most people associate the mathematical constant π (pi) with arcs and circles, mathematicians are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University of Rochester scientists were ...

Mr. Newton said he could see so far because he stood on the shoulders of giants. Would it be too much of a boast to say that my own shoulders are among those sturdy ones that support his glory? - John ...