Old Westbury Gardens

Flower Show 2012



Macy's Flower Show is something that shouldn't be missed.  Unfortunately, it only runs for one week so it is not always easy to get to.

This year the store is undergoing major construction so the flowers have been relegated to a tent on Broadway.  Although it is smaller than usual, the show is magnificent.  It is a tribute to gardens in Brazil. The store windows were also a sight to behold. To complete the experience, a guard was handing out $10 gift cards at the exit.

I'd say go, but it ended today.  More pictures on Facebook.

A Beautiful Spring Day

A beautfiul day to use my new lens at the Queens Botanical Gardens.

A few more pictures here.  (These might be my best ever!)

And, a post from one of my favorite calculus girls.  She is on her way to California to compete in a national science fair.  Wish her luck and fun.

Top ten reasons why e is inferior to pi

10) e is less challenging to spell than pi.

9) e ~=2.718281828459045, which can be easily memorized to its billionth place,

whereas pi needs "skills" to be memorized.

8) The character for e is so cheap that it can be found on a keyboard. But

pi is special (it's under "special symbols" in word processor programs.)

7) Pi is the bigger piece of pie.

6) e has an easy limit definition and infinite series. The limit definition of

pi and the infinite series are much harder.

5) e you understand what it is even though you start learning it late when

you're in pre-calculus. But pi, even after five or six years it's still hard to

know what it really is.

4) People mistakenly confuse Euler's Number (e) with Euler's Constant (gamma).

There is no confusion with the one and only pi

3) e is named after a person, but pi stands for itself.

2) Pi is much shorter and easier to say than "Euler's Number".

1) To read pi, you don't have to know that Euler's name is really pronounced Oiler.