Pi Man

By Mario V. Farina

As a psychiatrist, I was asked to interview a man who had been introduced to me as Pi Man to determine whether he was insane. He was obsessed pi. Though weird, I determined he was sane. Years later I met up with him in Benton. He was reciting digit after digit of pi that he was obtaining from some unknown source. This story gives details of his obsession and what it was that he wished to accomplish.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mario V. Farina
• Release date: Mar 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370970230

Mario V. Farina

Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor ([e-mail]).

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