Scientific American spoke to Rojas about this history, the deeply engaging humanity of mathematics and the egos at play in defining the mathematical language we take for granted today.

Math fanatics from all around the world and everyone else who just loves ancient Greek pi (or pie) celebrate on March 14.

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