Archimedes was possibly the world's greatest scientist — at least the greatest in the classical age. He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor and engineer. Many of his inventions, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Sometimes, physics seems weird, and our experiment today is no different. Let's perform the experiment first, then we'll explain. This experiment is an easy one, too. All you need ...

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 of ...

Many brilliant minds have shaped the world of mathematics, but one name stands out above all: Archimedes of Syracuse. Known ...

Connect the dots....Eureka! It's Archimedes sitting in the bath. Allen, Pamela. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1980. Introduces buoyancy by telling a story about Archimedes taking a bath with ...

Archimedes didn’t really invent a death ray. But more than 2,200 years after his death, the ancient Greek’s inventions are still driving technological innovations — so much so that experts from around ...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- Considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world by the American Society of Civil Engineers, it makes sense two engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Simply put, Archimedes’ Principle states that if the weight of the water displaced is less than the weight of an object, the object will sink. Otherwise, the object will float.

The Archimedes principle, attributing buoyant force to fluid displacement, sparked Brenden Sener's curiosity, leading him to recreate Archimedes' death-ray for his school's science fair. Using ...