I Found the Answer Hereka Herak in Greek, Euka

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The king of syracuse commissioned archimedes to design a gold crown. When he found out that it didn't work, he ran naked through the streets saying: i found the answer hereka herak in greek, eureka. The idea that an object placed in water allows that water to spill over was actually quite a well known one.

Armand D’Angour is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Socrates in Love and his latest, How To Innovate. In this episode we discuss:- The 3 different types of innovation and how to use them to your advantage - How the Greeks thought about change and what we can learn from them- The relationship between innovation and ethicsWe also cover the true story behind Archimedes’ famous “Eureka!” moment and Aristotle’s thoughts on political innovation.