Chris Green cried: >Eureka! "This exclamation is most famously attributed to the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes; he reportedly proclaimed "Eureka!" when he stepped into a bath and noticed that the water level rose — he suddenly understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(word)
Read on for why this was important. Question for students: Which do you think is more valuable/useful, Archimedes' brainwave or this: http://kottke.org/10/12/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > allenester...@compuserve.com > http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------ From: Christopher Green <chri...@yorku.ca> Subject: Re: A brilliant discovery Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:43:18 -0500 Eureka! --- Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca On Dec 7, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Allen Esterson <allenester...@compuserve.com> wrote: > A useful tip: > > http://kottke.org/10/12/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > allenester...@compuserve.com > http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7067 or send a blank email to leave-7067-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
