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Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
日本語
Description
Pre-WWII, the Japanese Navy commissions the creation of impressive 'super-ship' Yamato, opposed by an admiral insisting on more battle-ready warships. Once ignored, Admiral Yamamoto recruits a math genius to uncover a suspected conspiracy.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 18
Language
English
Description
In antiquity, water pumps were extensively used in ships, mines, and agriculture. Investigate how these devices worked. From Archimedes' screw, to the waterwheel, to the piston pump, each had tradeoffs between flow rate, height of lift, and muscle power required.
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 22
Language
English
Description
Venture into statistics to see how Archimedes' law of the lever lets you calculate data averages on a scatter plot. Also discover how to use the method of least squares to find the line of best fit on a graph.
Author
Series
Science of Flight volume 2
Language
English
Description
Balloons were the first vehicles to fly and Archimedes' principle is the secret of their lift-carrying power. Use the ideal gas law to determine air density and the hydrostatic equation to chart air pressure versus altitude. Then apply these concepts to lighter-than-air craft to learn how the Breitling Orbiter balloon was able to circumnavigate the globe non-stop.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.
11) Tale of tales
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Three story strands interweave with one another. In one tale, a jealous queen forfeits her husband's life. In another, a king's passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters. And, a monarch attempts to marry his daughter to a brutal ogre while bredding a giant flea.