(cnn)pi day is going to be extra special this year, as 2015 stretches the symbolic march 14 celebration out a little longer to 31415 and if you mark pi at 9:2653 in the morning or night, you're just a little more in line with the celebrated irrational number that never ends to 31 decimal places, pi is 31415926535897932384626433832795 a few more tidbits about pi and pi day:  about pi  pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter it's not equal to the ratio of any two whole numbers, so an approximation22/7is used in many calculations pi is essential in architecture and construction and was used frequently by early astronomers pi has been known for about 4,000 years, but it started to be called by the greek letter only in the 1700s the origin of pi day  pi day started 27 years ago at san francisco's exploratorium physicist larry shaw, who worked in the electronics group at the museum, started celebrating pi on march 14, 1988, primarily with museum staffers the tradition has grown to embrace math enthusiasts from all walks of life celebrations  this year, the exploratorium is hosting a day long celebration at its facility on pier 15, including a pi procession, servings of pie and a pizza pie dough tossing event pi day is also albert einstein's birthday in princeton, new jersey, where einstein lived for more than two decades, signs of the scientist permeate the pi day festivities, from birthday parties at the historical society of princeton to an einstein lookalike contest plus the requisite pie eating, pie throwing and pizza pie creation for more about pi, visit wwwpidayorg cnn's elizabeth landau contributed to this report
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