and Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. Legend has it that he discovered this principle while in the bath, where he noticed that the more of his body he submerged in the water, the greater the ...

The answer lies in a scientific principle called buoyancy, discovered by the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes. Let’s break it down in simple terms. Buoyancy is the upward force that water (or ...

He was a visionary physicist, coming up with the Archimedes Principle while sitting in the tub – such an inspiring realization that, according to legend, he jumped out of his bath and ran down ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Technically it’s ancient technology. But now the two-millennia-old principle of the Greek mathematician Archimedes has ...