Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious metal, and needed to compare volume with weight.
But that's dragged from the deep recesses of my childhood, so I'm probably wrong. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:20 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery > > 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: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 > a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=7067 > or send a blank email to > leave-7067-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros > tburg.edu > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- 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=7070 or send a blank email to leave-7070-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
