Math in the News
3D Printout Illustrates Archimedes's Pet Proof
In honor of Archimedes's 2300th birthday, Elizabeth Slavkovsky and Oliver Knill of Harvard University have used a 3D printer to create a tangible demonstration of the result displayed on Archimedes's tomb.
Slavkovsky and Knill's "drinkable proof" that a sphere that fits exactly inside a cylinder fills two thirds of its volume differs from Archimedes's.
- Read New Scientist's coverage
- View New Scientist's gallery of mathematically illustrative 3D printouts, the drinkable proof included
- Read Knill and Slavkovsky's paper