From Complexly. We’ve all heard about Archimedes and his Eureka! moment. It was all about a bath and a gold crown…or was it? Turns out when you dig in, the facts are quite a bit murkier. Archimedes Virtual Book: https://math.nyu.edu/Archimedes/contents.html Follow us: Complexly newsletter: https://complexly.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/complexlymedia/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/complexly.bsky.social X: https://x.com/complexlymedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComplexlyMedia/

From Complexly. In 1518, a woman began to dance uncontrollably–and things didn’t stop there. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of people joined her. We still don’t know what caused the so-called Dancing Plague of Strasbourg–or all the other dancing hysterias through history–but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from what it can reveal about…