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.

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 ...

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

It’s the most unassuming of treasures: a plain, careworn prayer book that dates to the Byzantine empire’s waning days and has since survived fire, forgery, and fungi (just barely, in the case ...

BALTIMORE -- Long-hidden writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are ready to go on display at Baltimore's Walters Art Museum.Teams of scientists and scholars spent 12 years using a ...

Ancient mathematicians like the Greek Archimedes used clever geometry tricks to come up with earlier estimates of π. Happy Pi Day! It's March 14, or in American notation, 3/14, matching the first ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Previously hidden writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being uncovered with powerful X-ray beams nearly 800 years after a Christian monk scrubbed off the text ...