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 ...

IN March 1839, the historic little screw-driven vessel S.S. Archimedes began her trials in the River Thames. A month or two later she visited Portsmouth, and afterwards made voyages around the ...

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 ...

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.

The ship-shaking device was invented by the great mathematician and inventor Archimedes around 214 BCE. The Carthaginians used the device to ward off potential invasions by Roman ships. With the help ...

In an interview with CNN, Sener said he first grew fascinated with the inventions of Archimedes during a family vacation to Greece. His first project featured the Archimedes screw that helped move ...

Brenden Sener admits there are challenges to his project but argues that the ancient descriptions could still be accurate.