The Wikipedia Eureka/Archimedes link should have been: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect
Allen -------------------------------------------------- Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery Allen Esterson Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:19:59 -0800 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 --- 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=7068 or send a blank email to leave-7068-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
