A Legacy
“Don’t disturb my circles!” Archimedes Rome wanted control of Syracuse, Sicily for strategic purposes. Archimedes was an old man; some suggest nearing 80, when Roman ships closed in on his…
Month: April 2013
Eureka
“Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.” Archimedes King Heiron had…
I Will Move The Earth
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Archimedes The Syracusia, a luxurious ship weighing in at 4,064…
A Best Seller
“Which was to be proved.” Euclid “Elements” by the famed Euclid of Alexandria, has been on the bestsellers list for thousands of years. It is the most widely translated, published…
There is Always a Beginning
“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.” Euclid Science has been with us for some time. While our generation, as all generations before, may claim that…
The Narratives of Science Part I
“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is…
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