2800 digits of Pi #4 Women's T-Shirt

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The first 2,800 digits of Pi. Each number is encoded by a colored circle - the outline of the circle encodes the digit while the inside of the circle encodes the next digit. Neighbouring digits up to a difference of 5 are connected by lines. Digits without a connection to a neighbour are hidden.

For more information about this piece, see http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/piday/

As a scientist, it is my responsibility not only to present work clearly, but to connect broadly by sparking imagination and enthusiasm for inquiry and understanding. To do this, science communication must engage both cognitively and emotionally. I try to make people think and feel good by creating visualization tools and information graphics that combine analytical clarity with an artistic dimension. During my work on cancer genomes, I created Circos, now a community standard for displaying information in this field. More recently, I introduced a method for rationally visualizing networks using hive plots. My information graphics have appeared in the New York Times, Wired, Scientific American and on covers of books and...