Women in STEM
This woman programmed the first computer algorithm.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
In The Office, Kevin Malone once tried to explain math by saying, “Pi is just __.”
What is “a number?”
This ancient Greek mathematician approximated the first few decimals of pi.
Who is Archimedes?
AVEVA was originally a research project at this UK university.
What is the University of Cambridge?
This Arizona city is home to one of the largest collections of optical telescopes in the world
What is Tucson?
This NASA mathematician’s calculations helped send astronauts to the Moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
In Futurama, Professor Farnsworth once mentioned using pi for calculations but humorously stated that for speed, he simply rounds it to this incorrect value.
What is 3?
Pi appears in the formula for this famous "bell-shaped" probability distribution, commonly used in statistics and data science.
What is the normal distribution?
AVEVA was originally founded in this year.
What is 1967?
This Arizona landmark is famous for leaving behind a nearly perfect circle over 3,900 feet in diameter.
What is Meteor Crater or Barringer Crater?
This scientist’s research on radioactivity led to her winning two Nobel prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
This top-notch video game includes a recipe for pumpkin pie.
What is Minecraft?
Pi appears in nature in surprising ways, such as in the arrangement of seeds in this iconic mathematical spiral found in sunflowers and pinecones.
What is the Fibonacci sequence?
This year marked the opening of AVEVA Stadium, the home of the Houston SaberCats rugby team.
What is 2019?
With a beak that curves like the symbol for pi, this is the official state bird of Arizona.
What is the cactus wren?
In the 1950s, this African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer became one of NASA’s first female engineers, breaking barriers in a male-dominated field.
Who is Mary Jackson?
This famous circular Roman building, with a massive dome and an oculus at its center, is an example of pi in ancient architecture.
What is the Pantheon?
An NBA basketball hoop has this circumference in radians.
What is 2pi radians?
In this year, AVEVA transitioned from a government funded research institute to an independent private company.
What is 1983?
This scenic drive, which forms a rough circular route through Northern Arizona, lets visitors see Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, and other stunning sights.
What is the Grand Circle?
This female computer scientist co-founded the company that developed the first word processor, WordPerfect.
Who is Jill D. Sedgwick?
The song "American Pie" by Don McLean references "the day the music died," referring to a tragic plane crash that took the lives of these three musicians.
Who are Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper?
Pi is not only irrational but also belongs to this special class of numbers, meaning it is not the root of any nonzero polynomial equation with rational coefficients.
What is a transcendental number?
Before being known as AVEVA, this was the company's original name.
What is CADCentre?
This indigenous Arizona tribe, known for their stunning cliff dwellings and round kiva structures, once called the Four Corners region home.
Who are the Ancestral Puebloans?