Ancient Greece was home to many great thinkers, such as the physician Hippocrates, the philosopher Socrates, the sculptor Phidias, and the mathematician Archimedes.

In this video, you will learn what a gnomon was used for, who Euclid and Eratosthenes were, and what secret Archimedes thinks he discovered after his apprenticeship with Euclid.

The king suspects that his goldsmith has cheated him and his new crown isn’t really made of pure gold. Can Archimedes help determine what the crown is made of without smashing it apart?

How will Archimedes be able to prove that the crown is not made of pure gold? Seeing his talent, the King asks him to help create systems for work that needs to be done.

The dying king asks Archimedes to work as an inventor of war machines, because the Romans want to attack the city of Syracuse. Will he be able to help come up with new ideas to help the army?

Although Archimedes always wanted only to improve mankind, he has to use his intelligence to build war machines for the Greeks in his old age. The Romans want to hire him to work for them, but that is not to be …