Archimedes

Eureka It has been said that one day, in the bath, Archimedes finally figured out a problem that had been troubling him for some time. After his breakthrough, he is reported running through the streets yelling “Eureka!” Since then, eureka has come to mean a sudden realization or moment of clarity. Both Richard Rodriguez, author of “Scholarship Boy,” and Gerald Graff, author of “Disliking Books,” had a moment like this in their schooling experience. Each went on to become intellectuals with…

In 1663, he visited The Hague and Paris before settling in Padua, Italy, to study geometry, mechanics, and astronomy. While in Italy in he wrote Vera Circuli et Hyperbola Quadratura in 1667. He used a modification of the method of exhaustion of Archimedes to find the areas of the circle and sections of hyperbola. In his construction of an infinite sequence of inscribed and circumscribed geometric figures. He was one of the first to distinguish between convergent and divergent infinite…

Athens- Baffling scientists for decades, the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient astronomical computer, now has some more evidence as to just how old it is. Recent radiocarbon dating done on this device shows that it is from 150-100 BCE. Radiocarbon dating is based on the principal that radioactive carbon-dioxide found in minerals and rocks decays at a predictable rate. Radiocarbon is constantly being created in the atmosphere when cosmic rays interact with atmospheric nitrogen. When rocks and…

Over the past few years the Greeks have affected the society by contributing primarily their advanced technology. Many of their advanced technology consisted of simple machines such as the lever, screw, cranes, and gears. These simple machines allowed the performance of work be held effortlessly. In my Rube Goldberg Machine we demonstrated the key aspects, of the ancient Greeks society by focusing on the five different components and representing their advanced technological accomplishments.…

some way. In this essay, we will talk about these innovations and how important they were to Roman architecture. The Arch There is much debate about when the Romans first invented the arch with some scholars and historians saying that the Sicilian Archimedes was the inventor. However, no such evidence can be found throughout…

Sophie Germain was born during a time of revolution in France (Laubenbacher and Pengelley, 5). This is very fitting because Germain, in her own way, was a revolutionary. She became interested in mathematics at a very young age, and without any sort of formal education or training became one of the greatest mathematicians in history (Swift). Germain fought against gender stereotypes during her life and fought for recognition as a female mathematician (Swift). Throughout her life, Germain refused…

The "Eureka" story about Archimedes and the bathtub was as well known in Galileo's day as it is in ours. Galileo, who was a great admirer of Archimedes and adopted many of his methods, probably read it in one of the editions of Vitruvius's The Ten Books on Architecture,[1] which was very popular in Renaissance Europe. Supposedly, it was in the bathtub that Archimedes figured out the solution to the problem posed to him by the king of Syracuse:…

The Library Of Alexandria was one of the biggest libraries of the Ancient World. The library was introduced in 288 BCE 35 years after Alexander the great died. When Alexander was building Alexandria he had a vision of an abundance of men coming from different cities for their food and their crops. Unfortunately he died too soon to see his beautiful creation come to life. When Alexander died his empire was divided amongst his generals but instead of ruling together they divided the kingdom and…

Introduction! Hello, today I will be talking about John Wallis, which John Wallis is known for the partial credit in the Infinitesimal Calculus. What impact did John Wallis have? In 1655 John Wallis discovered the Infinite Product π4 = 23x43x45x65x67xxx, and his colleague William Brouncker transformed this into the Infinite Continued. Which today is what we know as Calculus. Which if you don’t know what Calculus is, it is the branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and derivatives…

Europe was going through major changes in the 15th through the 17th century. This time is known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance led to the Age of Exploration and the Scientific Revolution, both creating big changes in Europe. The impact of the Renaissance on both was created by an increasing search for knowledge; people wanted to know about things beyond their ordinary life. It was also created by new inventions that were invented in the Renaissance, one being the printing press that was…