Archimedes

Plato and Archimedes: Two Great Mathematicians of All Time Plato is one of the greatest mathematicians and teachers of geometry to ever live. To some, he is known as the “maker of math.” He himself made an academy that stressed mathematics as a way of understanding reality. He founded this academy in 387 BCE. According to one website, “... he was convinced that geometry was the key to unlocking the secrets to the universe.” Plato had many contributions in mathematics and geometry that helped in

block number dimensions volume mass density 1 L=14.8cm w=8.6cm h=2.4cm 305.4 cm 125g 0.40g/cm 2 L=8.5cm w=5.5cm h=2.4cm 112.2 cm 46g 0.40g/cm 3 L=8.8 cm w=2.4cm h=2.3cm 33.7 cm 14g 0.41/cm 4 L=2.7cm w=2.4cm h=2.3cm 14.9 cm 6g 0.40/cm average 0.4025g/cm block number dimensions volume mass density 1 L=11.6cm w=4.8cm h=1.7cm 94.6cm 74g 0.78g/cm 2 L=8.6cm w=4cm h=1.7cm 161.68cm 45g 0.27g/cm 3 L=8.7cm w=2.8cm h=1.7cm 12.8cm 31g 2.42g/cm 4 L=2.4cm w=2.9cm h=1.6cm 11.13cm 8g 0.71g/cm average 108

Nationality: Greek Born in: Syracuse, Sicily Archimedes was born in Sicily in 287 BC. His dad was an astronomer and a great mathematician named Phidias. Other than that, little is known about the early life of Archimedes and his family. Some people think that he belonged to a higher class, and that his family was related to that of Hiero II, the King of Syracuse. In the third century, Syracuse was a place of commerce, art, and science. When he was young Archimedes developed curiosities for problem solving

I learned that buoyancy refers to something how well it floats or sinks. If something is able to float, it is buoyant. We can feel something can float by its weight, because usually when something is light, it floats and is considered buoyant. If something is heavy, it sinks and is not considered buoyant. But then we wonder, how can big, massive objects like cruise ships, float? To answer this, we have to understand the concept of density, which is the amount of mass something has, relative to its

The first thing you should know is the physics behind a boat, seeing how you can't have a boating adventure without one. To keep it simple, let's check out the main thing you should know about a boat: Buoyancy. Buoyancy, by definition, is the upward force exerted by a liquid on any immersed object. If the force of the liquid on the object is greater than that of the object on the liquid then the object will float. In other words buoyancy is dependent upon the density of the liquid and the volume

objects are unsubmerged and submerged in water. The tension in the string will also be measured when one of the objects is both submerged and unsubmerged in an unknown fluid. Theory The main law that was used to provide a premise for this lab was the Archimedes’ Principle. This principle is based on the idea that when an object is submerged in a fluid, either completely or partially, there will be an upward buoyant force exerted by the fluid on the object. This force will be equal to the mass of the

ship building is much more than taking some metal and building a floating structure. It takes years of understanding and research to build such a vessel. Mankind has been building ships for centuries but it was not until the 17th century that Archimedes, a great Greek Mathmatitions, ideas were used and studied closely. Today no one would even think of building a ship without using some type of calculations or a computer to draft out a design. The same principles used in the dynamics of ship building

two different experimental methods, displacement and floatation. The theory is that both methods should have the same density results; the goal is to determine which method is “best”. 1st Method: Displacement This method was first known as Archimedes ' principle. The principle states that a body immersed in a fluid is

The Archimedes Principle states that the buoyant force is identical to the displaced fluid, which mean that the effort required to keep an object floating will be equivalent to the effort applied to spread out the fluid or water volume that it pushes out by its presence. To keep a dense metal floating in water, it must displace the mass of water; the mass can exert enough force on the metal body. For example, a solid metal will not float in water but a water tight body made of metals will float

Calculus is the branch of mathematics that deals with rates of change and motion. It was developed because of the need to explain various natural occurrences within in the universe, such as the orbits of planets, and the effects of gravity. Today, calculus is the basic segment of science and engineering. Calculus allows physical laws to be expressed in mathematical terms. In science it is valuable in the further analysis of physical laws in predicting the behavior of physical laws, and in discovering