Martin Krzywinski. Science artist Martin Krzywinski has turned the infinite randomness pi—and other mathematical constants—into a thing of visual beauty.

The digits of pi extend into infinity, and pi is itself an irrational number, meaning it can’t be truly represented by an integer fraction (the one we often learn in school, 22/7, is not very ...

Pi, along with the Euler constant (e=2.71), is the best-known example of a transcendental number. Perhaps we would be celebrating E Day as well if February had at least 71 days. There are various ...