Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he as shown that ...

Although many sought to find it, the calculation of pi, which is also expressed by the fraction 22/7, is commonly credited to Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse more than 2,200 years ago.

A Prayer for Archimedes. A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus.

For thousands of years, philosophers have pondered cardinality: knowing “how many.”Using a series of crude estimates, the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes worked out the approximate ...

Thousands of years ago, Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes posited that a death ray could be created to harness the power of the Sun. Now, a 13-year-old student in Canada has put the ancient ...

Star Wars. This was Archimedes' weapon that resembled the death ray from Star Wars Although there is no scientific evidence that the Greek mathematician devised such a weapon, some classical texts ...

A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists. Until now, the pages have remained obscured by paintings and texts laid down on top ...

The Greek inventor Archimedes supposedly used mirrors to set fire to invading ships. To test the possibility, a middle-school student designed an experiment for his science fair. Using light bulbs and ...

The Greek mathematician Archimedes was the first person known to have shown that the expansion of pi starts with 3.14. He accomplished this by approximating the circumference of a circle by the ...

With the number 3.1418, Archimedes was able to calculate the circumference of a circle, Britannica states. It wasn’t until 1706 the Pi (π) symbol was created by British mathematician William Jones.