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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 celebrate...
Larry or Lawrence Shaw may refer to: Larry Shaw (politician), American politician. Larry Shaw (director), American film and television director. Larry Shaw (editor) (1924–1985), American writer. Larry Shaw (physicist) (1939–2017), American physicist and founder of Pi Day.
Mar 14, 2023 · Physicist Larry Shaw started Pi Day in 1988 at San Francisco’s Exploratorium to celebrate the famous number and mathematics in general. In 2009, the US House of Representatives passed a...
