The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

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 ...

In an interview with CNN, Sener said he first grew fascinated with the inventions of Archimedes during a family vacation to Greece. His first project featured the Archimedes screw that helped move ...

The thousand-year-old manuscript contains the earliest surviving writings by Archimedes, a Greek thinker who is regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity. The story of the 174-page ...

DICK:Why are you in my bath? DOM:I, I, I don't know. DICK:Ladies and gentlemen, we give you, Archimedes. ARCHIMEDES:Why are you in his bath Dom? DICK:'Archimedes was a Greek guy with a great beard.

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 ...

IN March 1839, the historic little screw-driven vessel S.S. Archimedes began her trials in the River Thames. A month or two later she visited Portsmouth, and afterwards made voyages around the ...

The ship-shaking device was invented by the great mathematician and inventor Archimedes around 214 BCE. The Carthaginians used the device to ward off potential invasions by Roman ships. With the help ...

Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite number representing the constant ratio of a circle’s circumference to its ...

From Archimedes to Faraday, Dick and Dom look at surviving examples of their inventions and how they still influence our lives today. This series is suitable for teaching science at Key Stage 2 in ...