The Fascination of Pi

I came across a number of mentions of Pi today. First, Neatorama tips its hat to people who memorise Pi, including Daniel Tammet, who has recited Pi to 22,514 decimal places. Second, I was listening to Kate Bush’s latest double CD, Aerial, which has a song about Pi on it. In it, she recites the decimal places of Pi. Sounds bizarre, but it works. However, Simon Singh, in the Telegraph today, points out that Kate gets it wrong – she misses out 22 digits in the middle of the string. Something that Daniel would never do…