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Figure · 5 episodes

Archimedes

The buoyancy, the spiral, the number of sand — the engineer who tamed the infinite.

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Episodes (5)

01
Archimedes: Tracing the Lost Leaf Found in Blois
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min
02
Trillion: why does its value differ between countries? Premium
Apr 22, 2026 · 20 min
03
Archimedes and sand: can we put a number on the universe? Premium
Apr 22, 2026 · 16 min
04
Measuring a parabola’s area: the path from Archimedes to Fermat Premium
Oct 9, 2025 · 21 min
05
The poem that encodes thirty decimal places of π Premium
Aug 21, 2025 · 20 min