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Video

"Eureka!" Archimedes discovers the law of buoyancy while taking his bath.

Credit: Radio-Canada, black and white, 1958, 00:26

Archimède et la jeunesse de la science grecque
(Archimedes and Early Greek Science)

Initial broadcast: 21/12/1958
Running time: 00:28:20
Producer: Jean Martinet
Cast: Jean Gascon as Archimedes, Marcel Cabay as King Hiero, Pierre Dagenais as Eratosthenes and André Pagé as Dositheos
Frédéric Back: set and illustrations

Synopsis

An evocation of the life of the Greek scientist Archimedes and his discoveries in the fields of mathematics and physics: calculation of pi, the law of buoyancy (Archimedes' principle) and the lever principle.