Archimedes was possibly the world's greatest scientist — at least the greatest in the classical age. He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor and engineer. Many of his inventions, ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Simply put, Archimedes’ Principle states that if the weight of the water displaced is less than the weight of an object, the object will sink. Otherwise, the object will float.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- The 17th annual Lakewood High School Physics Cardboard Boat Regatta took place last week at the Franklin Boulevard pool. The popular competition is physics teacher Dave Hille’s third ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Sometimes, physics seems weird, and our experiment today is no different. Let's perform the experiment first, then we'll explain. This experiment is an easy one, too. All you need ...

One day, in the 3rd Century BC, King Hiero II of Syracuse, Sicily, summoned Archimedes—a young, Greek physicist and mathematician, donning a long, flowing, white beard—to verify that his new crown was ...

Archimedes' method finds an approximation of pi by determining the length of the perimeter of a polygon inscribed within a circle (which is less than the circumference of the circle) and the perimeter ...