in both Archimedes' words and modern-day language. For young adults and adults. For ages 12 and older. How many grains of sand would it take to fill the universe? This is a problem that the Greek ...

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 ...

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 ...