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Lawrence N. Shaw (August 12, 1939 – August 19, 2017) was an American physicist, curator, and artist. Shaw worked at the Exploratorium, a San Francisco science museum, for 33 years, performing just about every function for the museum. He was a key member of the arts and technology community in the San Francisco Bay Area .
In 1988, the earliest known official or large-scale celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where Shaw worked as a physicist, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, then consuming fruit pies.
It all started at the Exploratorium with former staff physicist, tinkerer, and media specialist Larry Shaw. In 1988, three years after the death of Exploratorium Founder Frank Oppenheimer, staff gathered at a retreat in Monterey, California, to soul search and brainstorm.
Mar 11, 2017 · Founded in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw, March 14 was selected because the numerical date (3.14) represents the first three digits of pi, and it also happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday.
Jan 30, 2019 · Former Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw founded Pi Day at the Exploratorium in 1988, and in 2009 Pi Day became a national holiday. Join the Exploratorium on Community Pi Day (3/14) to...
Mar 25, 2024 · The holiday was founded by physicist Larry Shaw, who had been an employee of the museum for more than 15 years.
Mar 14, 2024 · March 14, or 3/14 as per the American convention, is celebrated as Pi Day worldwide as an ode to the most well-known approximation (3.14) of the mathematical constant Pi. The tradition was started by physicist Larry Shaw of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco in 1988, and has since seen global popularity.
