For ages 12 and older. How many grains of sand would it take to fill the universe? This is a problem that the Greek mathematician Archimedes tried to solve in the third century B.C. In this activity, ...

For seventy years, a prayer book moldered in the closet of a family in France, passed down from one generation to the next. Its mildewed parchment pages were stiff and contorted, tarnished by burn ...

Archimedes, a brilliant ancient Greek mathematician and physicist, emphasized the importance of timing and awareness in ...

The earliest account of scientific discovery that has come down to us is the story of Archimedes, who solved a problem in applied science (a non-destructive assay of a gold crown) while in his bath.

Do you know Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE) is celebrated as one of history’s greatest scientific minds? As a young man, he travelled to Alexandria, Egypt, a major centre of learning, to study ...

Archimedes is known for inventing a device that efficiently raised water for irrigation. Archimedes of Syracuse is known for inventing a device that efficiently raised water for irrigation. Dr.