Archimedes wondered how they do it.

基米德就曾经很好奇它们是何做到的。

Can you explain the Archimedes principle?

你能解释下基米德定律吗？

Yes, it does, I love reading about people like Archimedes.

是的，确实此，我喜欢阅读关基米德这类人的书。

In Archimedes's day, no one had attempted anything like this.

在基米德的时代，还没有人解决过类似的问题。

We know how levers work, thanks to the ancient Greek inventor, Archimedes.

多亏了古希腊发明家基米德，让我们知道了杆的原理。

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king.

基米德直接去了宫殿觐见国王。

This problem troubled Archimedes. How could he learn if the crown was pure gold?

这个问题难倒了基米德。他怎么能知道王冠是否是纯金的呢？

Archimedes was still thinking about this problem as he filled his bath with water.

当基米德往浴池里注水的时候他还在思考着这个难题。

We chose concrete because it's heavy and displaces water, based on Archimedes' principle.

基基米德的原理，我们选择了混凝土，因为它很重，可以排水。

When Archimedes climbed in and out of the bath, he carefully studied the displaced water.

当基米德在浴缸爬进爬出，他仔细研究了排出的水。

" This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do? " thought Archimedes.

“这个问题似乎很棘手哩，我该怎么办呢？”基米德想。

Archimedes of Syracuse who lived in the 3rd century B.C. made history and headway in approximating the value of pi.

住在前3世纪的锡拉库扎的Archimedes在接近圆周率方面取得了历史性的进展。

And then in 250 BC, Archimedes improved on the method.

然后在公元前 250 年，基米德改进了这个方法。

The quarry is the Dial of Archimedes, an ancient calculator.

采石场是基米德表盘，一个古老的计算器。

Perhaps, the most famous example is the Archimedes' palimpsest.

也许, 最着名的例子是基米德的回文集。

Mathematical theorems and diagrams from Archimedes.

基米德的数学定理和图表。

And Syracuse nurtured the brightest minds of the ancient world, like Archimedes.

锡拉丘兹培养了古代世界最聪明的头脑，比基米德。

For Archimedes, it was sitting in a bathtub.

对基米德来说 是在浴缸里。

Though there were some predecessors of note, such as Archimedes, Copernicus, and Galileo.

尽管有一些值得注意的前辈，例基米德、哥白尼和伽利略。

The king of Syracuse, Heiro II, gave Archimedes a difficult problem to solve.

叙拉古国王黑罗二世给基米德一道难题要解决。