Archimedes of Syracuse was born in Sicily around ... an anonymous collector who is known as Mr. B purchased it at auction for $2 million. When he agreed to have the piece displayed at the Walters ...

After the appraiser discovers that the manuscript is the lost Archimedes palimpsest (in part by comparing it to Heiberg's photographs), he values it at between $800,000 and $1.2 million.

In Archimedes' day, close approximations of pi had been known for over 1,000 years. An Egyptian document dated to 1650 B.C., for example, gives a value of 4 (8/9) 2, or 3.1605. Archimedes' value ...

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 ...

ARCHIMEDES:Why are you in his bath Dom ... This short film is suitable for teaching science at Key Stage 2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Second Level in Scotland.