Archimedes wondered how they do it.

阿德就曾经很好奇它们是如何做到的。

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

是的，确实如此，我喜欢阅读关于如阿德这类人的书。

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

在阿德的时代，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阿德，让我们知道了杠杆的原理。

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

这个问题难倒了阿德。怎么能知道王冠是否是纯金的呢？

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

于阿德的原理，我们选择了混凝土，因为它很重，可以排水。

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king.

阿德了宫殿觐见国王。

" That's it! " shouted Archimedes. " I know how to solve the king's problem! "

“就是这样！”阿德叫道，“我知道如何解决国王的难题了！”

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

当阿德往浴池里注水的时候还在思考着这个难题。

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

当阿德在浴缸爬进爬出，仔细研究了排出的水。

But, while bathing, Archimedes realized he could immerse the crown and measure the amount the water rose.

但在泡澡时 阿德突然想到可以把金冠浸入水中 量出水面上升的数值以计算体积。

" 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？”阿德想。

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在近圆周率方面取得了历史性的进展。

Archimedes' insight didn't stop at the bathtub.

阿德的洞察力并没有停留在浴缸上。

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

然后在公元前 250 年，阿德改进了这个方法。

To mathematicians that came after Archimedes, however, it was maddening.

然而，对于阿德之后的数学家来说， 这是令人抓狂的。

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

采石场是阿德表盘，一个古老的计算器。

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，比如阿德。

For Archimedes, it was sitting in a bathtub.

对阿德来说 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，例如阿德、哥白尼和伽利略。