Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes is believed to have built a death ray that was used to burn enemy ships. A teenager ...

Pi, represented by the symbol π, is one of the most famous and important constants in mathematics. It is defined as the ratio ...

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

this one starts in an Ancient Greek colony – although today we’d consider it part of Italy. Archimedes of Syracuse was born ...

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 ...

Heron of Alexandria is a Greek mathematician and engineer who is mostly remembered for devising a formula to calculate the area of a triangle.

March 14 — a day you’re more likely than most others to eat — or throw — a pie and get a reduced price on your pizza. It’s all in celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and ...

Lost manuscripts written by the famous Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga were discovered in the Netherlands. The ancient finds are located at Leiden University Libraries.

According to lore, Archimedes, the renowned Greek mathematician and inventor, played a crucial role in defending Syracuse during the Roman siege in 214-212 BCE. Among his many inventive tactics, one ...

Archimedes Principle, a fundamental concept in fluid mechanics, states that the upward buoyant force exerted on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.