March 14 is Pi Day in the US, as the date matches the first three digits of the famous number. On Pi Day 2015, Google announced that a researcher had uncovered the first 31 trillion digits of pi, ...
The great Greek scientist, engineer and mathematician Archimedes left us two quotes that ring through the centuries. His study of levers is said to have led him to remark, “Give me a place to stand, ...
Do you know Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE) is celebrated as one of history’s greatest scientific minds? As a young man, he travelled to Alexandria, Egypt, a major centre of learning, to study ...