Math music: The sound of pi
I used to sit in math class with a poster that listed out the digits of pi. I would stare at all those figures, fascinated by the endless number. But did I ever do anything about it? Nope. Musician Michael Blake, however, took the first 31 decimal places and set it to music.
Here's 3.1415926535897932384626433832795 in all its musical glory:
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Melissa Bell
| March 8, 2011; 5:20 PM ET
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Way cool. Kinda catchy but it might be hard to dance to.
Posted by: RD_Padouk | March 8, 2011 6:07 PM | Report abuse
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