The real story behind Archimedes’ Eureka! - Armand D'Angour
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When you think of Archimedes’ Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating palace commissioned by a king -- that helped him find Eureka.
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- Educator Armand D'Angour
- Director Michael Kalopaidis
- Producer Zedem Media
- Artist Dinos Hadjidemetri
- Animator Maria Savva
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Narrator Addison Anderson

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What does Archimedes’ Eureka moment have to tell us about the process of creative problem solving?
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Yamuna Kunwar
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It tells us that we can find solutions everywhere if you know how to be creative with it.
Jayden Wu
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it tells us about the abstract minds that we have in which we can use to solve many complex and various problems.
Hiroshi Martinez
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between science and people's creative intuition.
Mavis Feng
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You have to break down a problem and understand it if you want to find a good solution.
Vivienne Wang
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It is about using a unique way to figure out problems
Rita Khalil
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People where creative.
Bryanna Ibarra Andrade
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It's about them making a unexpected measured boat with a library, pool and more on the bottom of inside the boat.
Natalie Anglin
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in response to Shelsy Robaina Gallo Show comment
I think the same thing but it normally takes a little bit of time first.
Nguyen Long
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it is about like using a bathtub to calculate how to make a boat float is pretty neat and creative ;))
TDI (aka lyra) Noah
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in response to Drake Granados Show comment
rawr?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!! bro is on something /j/j