DO YOU KNOW?
Pi Day
The number of pi is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle's
circumference to its diameter (22/7). Scientists have found over 10 trillion
digits. Because of all the possible sequences, in pi you can find your date
of birth, the password of your computer, your ID number; scientists think
that you can even find your DNA sequence. In 1988 Larry Shaw organized
the first Pi Day celebration at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Pi Day is
celebrated on the 14th of March, because this day is the closest date to
"3.14" (the first digits of pi). Next year Pi Day will have special significance
because on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 the date and time will represent the first 10
digits of pi.
So we, GKV Cemil Alevli students, decided that we should celebrate Pi Day
on 14 March. We made cakes, cookies and muffins and we drew pi on
them. We also wrote the first 530 digits of pi on poster board and we
pasted them on the walls in our corridor.
Osman Gül
9A
GKV/TURKEY
1)It is believed by some scientists
and scholars that Turkey was the
landing place of Noah’s ark. The
story of mass flooding on earth
appears in the Christian bible and
the specific location that Noah
landed the ark has been
determined as Mount Ararat.
2)The capital of Turkey is Ankara.
Many people believe it to
be Istanbul however the capital
was moved from Istanbul to
Ankara after the Turkish war of
independence in 1921-1923.
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
is the biggest mosaic museum on the
world. Containing 1700m2 of mosaics.
The museum's most famous gypsy girl
– Kutalp
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