Opening Lines

IT is a singular moment. A man taking a bath notices how the water surges over the side as he sits in. He runs through the streets naked shouting Eureka. I have found it.

The Greek mathematician, Archimedes realised he could measure the volume of irregular objects for the first time by measuring the amount of water they displaced.

This may of course be apocryphal. Archimedes may just have been looking for the soap. But the next time you see a man running naked, don’t judge. He may have just invented something.