Scientist: CO2 not causing global warming... Nov 13, 2009
Archimedes Screw on November 12, 2009 at 10:51 PM. Somebody better write this guy a check QUICK. (The Drudge Report)
India Boasts Birthplace of First Nose Job Oct 30, 2009
Now India is hoping to trump the homeland of Archimedes in part by laying claim to the worlds first nose job. Generations of Indians have believed that Westerners such as Aristotle drove scientific advances, largely because the Indian education system was framed by Britain, according to N.R. Iyer, the director of Delhis National Science Centre. (Newsmax)
Sophie Germain, Mathematician Oct 7, 2009
A story she read about Archimedes at Syracuse lit a fire under the young prodigy. Archimedes, in his late seventies, was studying a geometric figure in the sand ... The Roman army was invading at the time and a Roman solider happened across Archimedes as he was studying this symbol. (Suite101.com)
Satellites and submarines give the skinny on sea ice thickness Sep 2, 2009
By knowing the density of the ice and applying "Archimedes' Principle" an object immersed in a fluid is buoyed by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object and accounting for the accumulation of snowfall, the total thickness of the ice can be calculated. In 2008, Kwok and colleagues used ICESat to produce an ice thickness map over the entire Arctic basin. (EurekAlert!)
* Alexandrias new library criticized for consumerism Aug 28, 2009
Whereas the old Egyptian library offered a rich diet of philosophy and history to the greatest thinkers of its age, including Euclid, Archimedes and Herophilus, the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina is attracting harsh criticism for serving up very different fare. A row has erupted over the decision to build a food court at the heart of Egypts self-proclaimed window on the world, with critics accusing its trustees of selling out the librarys venerable legacy for short-term profit. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Antikythera mechanism may be even older than thought Aug 8, 2009
Does this imply that the device could have been made by Archimedes. Previously it was thought that it was built after his death. (Harper's Magazine)
Deciphering the Archimedes Palimpse... Jul 15, 2009
Deciphering the Archimedes Palimpsest. Deciphering the Archimedes Palimpsest ... Right away he realized what he was looking at: Hidden beneath the medieval-era prayers were the unmistakable work and words of the greatest mathematician of the ancient world, Archimedes. (Suite101.com)
Skyscape's Mobile Healthcare Professional Community Crosses the 1 Million Mark May 30, 2009
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Egyp... May 13, 2009
Functioning as a university for such famous people as Euclid, Eratosthenes, and Archimedes, as well as a storehouse for some of the most books important books of the age, the ancient library was one of the most important places of learning in the ancient world. By the third century B.C, the library already had 700,000 manuscripts on its list of acquisitions, and the librarians were entitled to make a copy of any book that came into the city. (Suite101.com)
Practically pure Feb 19, 2009
The snobbish idea that pure science is in some way superior to applied science dates to antiquity, when Plutarch says of Archimedes: "Regarding the business of mechanics and every utilitarian art as ignoble and vulgar, he gave his zealous devotion only to those subjects whose elegance and subtlety are untrammeled by the necessities of life.". The reality appears to have been quite different, as Archimedes was not just the greatest mathematician of the ancient world, but also a clever inventor... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Stanford: Using synchrotron X-rays to tease the hidden secrets of dinosaurs and old documents Feb 16, 2009
A powerful tool for reading beneath the paint on a parchment document containing the thoughs of Archimedes ... " The fossil research is one example of how the SSRL is shining new light on fields as diverse as paleontology, medicine, and the history of mathematics. The SSRL's hair-thin X-ray beam has been used, for example, to make visible the hidden writing in a medieval copy of a mathematical treatise from the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Tuned to specific energies, the X-rays produced... (EurekAlert!)
