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 ...

“And it really did revolutionize technology at that time because Archimedes was thinking about stuff that no one actually had before.” According to CNN, Cliff Ho—a senior scientist at Sandia ...

DOM:But what exactly had he got? DICK:If only Fran, our genius scientist, was here to tell us more. FRAN:So Archimedes was working on a problem that had been set by the king because the king didn ...

Around 250 B.C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes calculated the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. A precise determination of pi, as we know this ratio today, had long been of ...

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 ...