or "I have it!" in Greek. The story behind that event was that Archimedes was charged with proving that a new crown made for Hieron, the king of Syracuse, was not pure gold as the goldsmith had ...

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 ...

Archimedes accepts ... through the streets of Syracuse naked." Much like Newton's apple, the exclamation persists because of the enduring power of the story: a golden crown, a life in the balance ...

So at the time of Archimedes’ birth, Syracuse enjoyed an unusual period ... most famous stories about Archimedes and involves a golden crown in the shape of a laurel wreath.

The movie refers to the dial, inspired by the real-life Antikythera mechanism, as the Dial of Archimedes ... century BCE, a crown had been made for King Hiero II of Syracuse to place in a temple ...

Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst talks to Golden Snowball oracle Patrick ... inch seasonal record to win the Golden Snowball crown, and how Syracuse should celebrate if it does.

Archimedes didn’t really invent a death ray. But more than 2,200 years after his death, the ancient Greek’s inventions are still driving technological innovations — so much so that experts ...