Archimedes of Syracuse was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He was also a great inventor and scientist. Most of what we know about Archimedes today comes from his writings and those ...

The thousand-year-old manuscript contains the earliest surviving writings by Archimedes, a Greek thinker who is regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity. The story of the 174-page ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Technically it’s ancient technology. But now the two-millennia-old principle of the Greek mathematician Archimedes has ...

DICK:Why are you in my bath? DOM:I, I, I don't know. DICK:Ladies and gentlemen, we give you, Archimedes. ARCHIMEDES:Why are you in his bath Dom? DICK:'Archimedes was a Greek guy with a great beard.

Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...

Apollonius of Perga, who lived from 240 BC to c. 190 BC, was a brilliant ancient Greek mathematician known for his work on ...

It was a brand-new Acorn Archimedes, probably an A300, and it was the first time I had used an operating system with a desktop GUI. The computer was the first consumer application of the ARM ...

as they learn new ideas in math, science, and history. “The Science of Archimedes” ― running through June 1 ― is a largely hands-on exhibit that delves into the life and discoveries of the ...