Comments on: The Mathematical Pi Song

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:26:45 +0000

Check out this 8 year old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUlijLWn-b8

By: counteryou

counteryou — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:45:37 +0000

The first irrational number that Greeks discovered is the square root of 2.
According to legend, Hippasus, a student of Pythagorasï»¿, discovered it and was drown to death because Pythagorean Brotherhood was so shocked by the existence of irrational number.
And about Pi…Greeks only achieved 22/7ï¼Œand they never proved its irrationality.
Actually, it was not proved until 1768AD.

By: SisterRez

SisterRez — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:04:09 +0000

John is right. Hard n Phirm is the way to go!

By: lynn

lynn — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:39:43 +0000

Hi Chris,
Thanks for writing up the song! We came across it when my son’s 7th grade math teacher played it for the class. (It was the short version, probably for the reason mentioned by Ki above, and because the long version got pretty long). Anyway, he played it twice and I guess the kids really got into it and were singing the chorus so loudly that other teachers were peeking in on the class! It was a fun way to honor pi day at school.

By: Nai

Nai — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:52:05 +0000

i thought this would be the pi song on YTMND. http://pi.ytmnd.com/

By: John

John — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:27:49 +0000

Not bad, but there’s a better Pi song out there. It’s called (what else?) “Pi” by a great comedy duo, Hard ‘n Phirm. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfr7xG6smhU

By: Ki

Ki — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:16:20 +0000

I was going to forward this to some math teachers I know, but they wouldn’t be able to show the whole thing since it mentions masturbation…

By: Squirrelgirl

Squirrelgirl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:37:55 +0000

ugh. you got me all excited but that song was awful. he couldn’t even sing the digits to the tune of the song properly, so it’s not like it would be a useful way to remember them.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:26:44 +0000

Please repost for Pi Day so I can find it quickly and easily to share with my students!