An original statement of Archimedes’s eponymous Principle. There were also parts of The Method of Mechanical Theorems, a groundbreaking mathematical treatise, and more. There was even evidence ...

and Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. Legend has it that he discovered this principle while in the bath, where he noticed that the more of his body he submerged in the water, the greater the ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

They respond slowly when removed from the water. The history of this device is discussed by Ronald Geballe in an article titled "Note on 'A thermometer based on Archimedes' principle' by George Nickas ...

More than 100 junior and senior physics students in 30 groups used their knowledge of buoyancy and Archimedes Principle to compete in heats and race across the pool in a boat made only of ...

This is known as Archimedes' Principle in physics. Archimedes was so thrilled with his discovery he supposedly leapt out of the bath and ran naked down the street shouting "Eureka!", meaning "I ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered how massive ships, weighing thousands of tons, stay afloat on water instead of sinking? The answer ...

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 ...