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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 .
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.
Learn how Larry Shaw, a former staff physicist at the Exploratorium, created Pi Day in 1988 and made it a national holiday. Discover his legacy, his Pi Shrine, and his pi-themed parades and activities.
Mar 11, 2017 · Pi Day is a celebration of the mathematical sign pi on March 14, Albert Einstein's birthday. Learn how physicist Larry Shaw founded this tradition in 1988 at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
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.
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.
Larry Shaw was a Reed College alumnus who invented Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π, at the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco. He was also a physicist, artist, photographer, Buddhist, and a mentor to many.
