
When Archimedes, while bathing, suddenly hit upon the principle of buoyancy, he ran wildly through the streets of Syracuse, stark naked, crying "eureka " In The Moment of Proof, Donald Benson attempts to convey to general readers the feeling of eureka--the joy of discovery--that...

When Archimedes, while bathing, suddenly hit upon the principle of buoyancy, he ran wildly through the streets of Syracuse, stark naked, crying "eureka " In The Moment of Proof, Donald Benson attempts to convey to general readers the feeling of eureka--the joy of discovery--that...