The real story behind Archimedes’ Eureka! - Armand D'Angour

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When you think of Archimedes’ Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating palace commissioned by a king -- that helped him find Eureka.
Lesson by Armand D'Angour, animation by Zedem Media.

[@BeAwesomeful]

So...Archimedes was commissioned to build a cruise ship.

[@TylrTheDstryr]

Paid with exposure

[@raphuscucullatus7845]

@@TylrTheDstryr Sounds like a good deal

[@dankcitrus42]

@@fatcateatingspaghetti9483 not to mention 600 soldiers

[@tuckernutter]

Far more, far more.

[@axthla8435]

A very BIG cruise ship.

[@josephconradisidro]

I was wondering why did this appear in my recommendations... Then suddenly: Corona

[@mattlakin7892]

hahaha

[@captainclink1038]

MonkaS

[@user-dp9yn7zf4l]

Joseph Conrad Isidro True

[@sunnyrao5271]

LoL 😂😂

[@regal_7877]

Lol the KZbin algorithm even factors in audio lmao. I fear for the future of privacy.

[@princereyes2094]

"The titanic of the ancient world... *except without the sinking.* "

[@eclecticsoffy]

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[@levranz1054]

+with burning

[@rabbitsoupp]

Can a mountain fly? Heiron: write that down

[@neilshewan7589]

Archimedes:bru... "runs away"

[@TEDEd]

Apologies for the double post! TED-Ed experienced a glitch with this video, but it's fixed now. Enjoy!

[@funnybleh]

Look up "keel."

[@user-xq6tr3mx6p]

funnybleh

[@user-xq6tr3mx6p]

وجد الغالية

[@Durzo1259]

TED-Ed No worries! I checked Wikipedia and King Hieron is no-longer in power, so your head will be left firmly-attached to it's shoulders. :-)

[@lauradabbondanza7031]

+TED-Ed Hi! I'd like to share the link to this video, but I can't get the title to show in English. Even though the video is in English, the title appears in Italian. Could you help me? Thanks!

[@dewinthemorning]

4:00, "...Syracusia arrived in Egypt, on its first and only voyage..." It will be interesting to know why didn't "Syracusia" sail again?

[@Zerepzerreitug]

because it was a gift from one ruler to another, the ship was left stationed in the harbor and never used again. Although I suspect it was quite a hell of an attraction for many years :D

[@Durzo1259]

Arturo Gutierrez Thank you.... and that's insane! Another example of the mass/wasteful projects that helped these empires collapse. It's the modern equivalent of finishing the Apollo 11 project, getting to the moon, then making the shuttle a tourist attraction and saying "Okay boys! We did it; we got to the moon! Time to shut NASA down and move to the next project."

[@grindstone4910]

***** I would imagine the logistics of maintaining it were too much.

[@lotus_dream]

+Durzo wowowowowow.... you do realize the benefit we get from this project right? we figure out buoyancy! and with nasa, we get memory foam, astronaut ice cream, automatic hand screwdriver thingy (im not much of a handy person, etc. those things not only lead to more progress in science and technology they also help us make a bunch of money and expand our empire. to say these things as "useless" shit, you must have a very shitty brain.

[@Durzo1259]

I'm a pooping unicorn Are you actually a "poop-brains unicorn"? Did you just skim the whole thing as fast as humanly possible? I just specifically endorsed what you're saying now - that NASA and this ship were invaluable - and it was turned into a giant waste by cancelling it after the very-first voyage, just as it would have been be a giant waste to shut down NASA the day after they landed on the moon.

[@ichimori88]

I wish science class was taught like this. I'm no longer in school but this explanation is so good and interesting, I regret that I despised science in my schooling years

[@hareecionelson5875]

That's a very specific profile picture. Smells like adventure time

[@lucaswarehernandez7139]

@@hareecionelson5875 That’s a very specific profile picture. Smells like The Incredibles

[@EverythingRandomAI]

Science was one of the best buddy maybe u had bad teacher :c

[@thebluefriend]

Archimedes : Now I see how icebergs float Titanic : Well, I couldn't

[@bhargav7215]

Well an iceberg partially floats on the sea because of it's relatively low specific gravity than it's reference subject (water).

[@BosonCollider]

Then a few decades later, the Romans came; they burned Syracuse to the ground and murdered Archimedes. The end. = (

[@kylenetherwood8734]

They didn't mean to kill him though

[@Durzo1259]

BosonCollider That's just Archimedean propaganda! I'm still voting for Nero; he has a vision for the future that'll make life better for everybody, starting with every street being paved with gold.

[@gillianorley]

The Simpsons already showed that the streets being paved with gold can be a real problem.

[@FallenEpic]

BosonCollider Horay?....

[@BosonCollider]

FallenEpic Archimedes was unfortunate enough to live during interesting times, including a major European war (the second punic war) that would kill more people than any other in the next 1800 years. At least he didn't live to see Corinth burned to the ground. = /

[@Umirua]

A massive war ship with promenades, gymnasiums, swimming pools, libraries, and watchtowers being held up by Atlas? And did you say temple of Aphrodite? Someone should put this into a fantasy book right now!

[@potatominefield303]

IShallUseFire! You should read a history book before you comment

[@Umirua]

Thanasis Bounos Why? What did I do wrong?

[@sWifteruniTe]

IShallUseFire! cuz its true

[@mirrorimage7077]

sWifteruniTe He wasn't attempting to say it wasn't true, he was trying to say that it's a good idea to steal for a fantasy book.

[@revimfadli4666]

also sounds like something that would fit in One Piece

[@DarkTider]

Guessing the reasoning of the romans was not "Holy shit this is awesome! Our emperor would love it!" but rather "lol! Look at that idiot ship! That thing will never float, burn it down boys, should look epic!"

[@Jake007123]

Yeah because a ship so powerful and elegant would be dismissed by the Romans... At least they would try to capture it.

[@commmander64]

@@Jake007123 The romans were kinda.... ehhh...

[@diepssuarez2676]

They actually wanted him to make ships for them when they conquered Syracuse. Unfortunately a Roman recognizes him as a general that killed many romans and stabbed him.

[@KB-pe1ej]

@@diepssuarez2676 maybe that's Biggus Dickus, his head is a bit crooked on the left side, that's why he stabbed Archimedes

[@thetreatment498]

@@KB-pe1ej And after that he is great friend to the emperor? Nah he would dismiss him if not hang.

[@gutenman7112]

Im very thankful to people like Archimedes . They are good at something and they want to teach the world their knowledge , either they want fame or not , they deserve glory . Not many capable people want to share their knowledge nowadays .

[@mcmerry2846]

If you want to share your knowledge...you end up unemployed

[@ajam19191]

​@@mcmerry2846 and getting robbed

[@megakingpokemon8630]

So your telling me that ancient people could build a better ship than we could a few decades ago. Wow, that's depressing

[@bobbobington4119]

Mega King Pokemon that was a metaphor, and he titanic only sunk because it hit an ice berg

[@olivierhyppolite7726]

Bob Bobington it wasn't sunk by iceberg it was sunk by the Rothschild family that had to kill 3 major CEO'S that refused the Reserved bank

[@Erikakicute]

actually in ancient Greece they had discovered a lot of things (eg about engineering and astronomy) that even know we don't know how they could do that .

[@paulokhayat]

im assuming it was the equivalent of a titanic at that time defiantly not nearly close to the size of the titanic

[@sarahgum4962]

+Paulo Khayat at least it didnt sink xD

[@thiruvetti]

Brilliant and patient work. Thanks to the creators.

[@pranaykarani4465]

taking about video or the ship?

[@DiaJasin]

Pranay Karani same question

[@epicgamerdude9125]

When you hear corona when you are in 2020

[@biskii1929]

wheres the funny?

[@hayubas2352]

link kink I didn’t find it either

[@brayanx2]

Buscando el chiste

[@trappix4573]

You don't understand, Because Corona means Crown in Spanish.

[@icantchooseaname6903]

Future time traveler here.. Uhhh spoilers.. We all barely survived

[@udyatimalhotra7949]

3:48 .. you actually said the most famous word of the year 2020

[@shehzormujthedi9843]

Everyone asking why it was the "First and only voyage". Just read the replies of the other comments! Or just let me tell you, the Romans destroyed it when they came.

[@bahrom942]

Are you Persian?

[@bruce9421]

at least it managed to complete the maiden voyage unlike titanic more than 2000 years later

[@lordweebus4367]

I love the design of the ship, especially the Atlas part, but that's just because I'm Greek myth nerd, but still though, that thing is awesome, even by today's standards!

[@sir_albaxious1909]

Agreed...

[@archimedesquilet9542]

Best story of Archimedes' Principle I ever watched. Fantastic. Thanks. I hope there would be more Archimedes stories.

[@NonApplicable1983]

I imagine seeing something like this back then would have been like seeing a helicarrier today.

[@Patrick-cy2zh]

Rodrigo Ugarte what ever that is (too lazy too look it up)

[@TheDrB0B]

Heli, as in helicopter, because it has helixes, that keep it floating. And carrier, as in an airship carrier. It's an airship carrier with rotating blades that make it fly basically... Please don't take pride in ignorance, and less so in apathy.

[@Vexsus22]

aircraft carrier that floats/flies

[@jawada154]

What an amazing ship! Was it ever described why it only sailed once? And is there any remnants of the ship still left?

[@PirateTHESteam1]

Jawad Ahmad It was made of wood. It rotted away quite fast because you know... water and wood is not a good combination for longevity.

[@MarkShaneHansen]

PirateTHESteam1 Well, if it rotted away after a few hundred years, you certainly wouldn't have time to sail it more than once.

[@dafyddlewis89]

Mark The Gr8 ...

[@TheJorjor111]

I think he answerd why it dosnt remain today :)

[@MarkShaneHansen]

TheJorjor111 Bad humor or not, it was a joke :p.

[@playstation645angie]

WOW so it did sail!?? I thought the video was going to end saying that he proved it was impossible. I didn't expect it to actually make it.

[@AnimeshSinghJay]

yes it did. that's how large ships actually sail in the sea even now. archimedes principle dude.

[@bins1]

I don't know if it was largee than the Titanic but if it is, i would be like: WTF???!!!

[@bins1]

larger*

[@czarenallyzamonisit4642]

+Vincent Cardona I think its the same size cuz...if it was bigger maybe those who made the Titanic made a BIGGER one to beat them ancient workers and be like "WE HAVE EVOLVED!!!" (XDDD this is not meant to insult anything its just my opinion)

[@liamsmith331]

No, it was not nearly that big, but for it's time it was probably more impressive.

[@aguythatdoesntunderstandjo4878]

I'm learning AND being entertained at the same time !

[@almapendergrass7810]

Breath taking illustrations! Thank you for the aesthetics and clarity.

[@SarveshKumar-ml5jd]

BEST ANIMATION WITH GREATER UNDERSTANDING !!! WOW !!IT WAS AMAZING...................

[@nebojsagalic4246]

This crazy thing was actually built?

[@Vincent_Beers]

+Nebojsa Galic Yes, that's the point. Archimedes principle is still in use today with modern gigantic ships. If it wasn't for him (or someone like him) coming up with how buoyancy worked you wouldn't have modern tankers, aircraft carriers, luxury cruise ships, etc. All modern large ships are built based on his concept after it was proven with that ship.

[@tworandomgirls2680]

+Vincent Beers I can’t believe how crazy big that is.

[@williamsledge3151]

One of my favorite TED Ed videos of all time

[@kathrynpellerito4928]

Love your channel! Keep up the good work!

[@alexandrosaiakides4539]

CONGRATULATIONS Excellent depiction and accurate historically.

[@kipofthemany2213]

Wait this thing actually existed? And I've never heard about it?! This seems like quite the feat of engineering, and yet no mention in school?

[@mahesh1946]

BEAUTIFUL ANIMATION WITH SHARING KNOWLEDGE

[@shv6812]

Thank you for helping me understand the concept of archimides principle better.

[@moisesmunoz79]

I love those damn drawings.

[@ballinangel3231]

So cool! I can't believe they wanted to put that much stuff!

[@canaveral8369]

finally after researching and watching countless videos about buoyancy, i finally understood about it after watching this video. thank god.

[@thinkinoutloud]

Excellent explanation of displacement and why iron ships float. I didn't know about the "Cruise Ship" of Archimedes design.

[@jameskolan9195]

I enjoyed the animator's decision to make the King Syracuse's hair in the shape of Sicily. Nice inside joke.

[@mizuenayuri]

3:52 I didn’t know our Yubi-Stealing Korone Inugami was a Greek word.

[@rishabhvenkatraman5242]

Can anyone please commend the beauty with which he narrated?!! So nicely done ted ed

[@tamaki_souh]

*Except the sinking* I just laughed out loud🤣🤣.. I could watch history all day if u guys make history this much interesting.. And one thing..I just LOVE the narrator's voice😍

[@JuFated]

I actually said 'Oh thank gods," when the narrator said it was like the titanic, but without the sinking.

[@saujanyapawar8543]

Archimedes was building a ship but accidentally made corona 🙄😂

[@kennethbuluran2348]

Brilliant Mind. The hardest part was to actually prove and compute what he discovered. Amazing!

[@gnamp]

"Failure wouldn't have been a pleasant option for Archimedes, so he took on the problem." Great logic.

[@kiarona.]

When I was little, dad used to tell me that Archimedes sat down in the bath and then cried "Eureka", and everybody thought it meant "ouch! I burned myself!"

[@pornkarnlapitiman6086]

I ORDER YOU TO CRAFT A MOUNTAIN THAT CAN FLY.

[@creditsunknown7974]

Done

[@RobloxEventTutorial]

Done. It's your mama

[@raphuscucullatus7845]

@@RobloxEventTutorial It crashed into the floor, PUT MORE WINGS ON IT.

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Get me 3 billion pigeons and some rope

[@LFTRnow]

Arguably the A380 is pretty close. Over 500 tons soaring through the air with 500 people.

[@dst5725]

Thanks for this information TED-Ed I never knew those facts!

[@swaglord3158]

Can someone explain the concept at 3:00? I feel like they made a mistake. I think the graphic of the ship sinking/floating is reversed. Why would displacing more water allow it to float? If you displace more water, you take up more weight. It’s the reason the water in your bath rises when you get in. Pls help.

[@ashutoshmahapatra537]

People in 2015: Alright nice educational video. 2016: Still it's educational 2017: Informative 2018: Already watched it 2019: Meh, anything new you have? KZbin recommending in 2020: People: 🤔...... People After 3 mins: CORONA!!

[@yajeer9685]

Imagine being assigned a certain task and, in the process... you accidentally made an engineering breakthrough.

[@clarklouisgutierrez]

I answered in my Chemistry class that Archimedes' eureka moment involved building a ship that would not sink. My teacher was looking for the 'king and his silver crown' answer. Hope that she'll see this video too.

[@agilesrikanth4032]

Helped me in my Physics H.W. Thanks TED-Ed

[@ashleywei9815]

Thank you Archimedes for helping Leo Valdez. Team Leo!!!!!!!

[@yuhboi_ratmann]

I was like 10 when I put something in a cup full of water and realized its volume submerged was being equally displaced. Too bad Archimedes beat me by over 2000 fucking years...

[@tifforo1]

It sounds like this thing was the BCE times version of the Titanic.

[@tifforo1]

Okay, the video said it a few minutes after prompting me to think it.

[@cnj96]

i'm about to say bad things to you.

[@Diobot]

who comments on a video while watching it?!

[@sohumjay5544]

The irony of me watching this in 2020 when Corona is at its peak

[@maximscheu1209]

Sammy Jay in quarantine and addicted to these myth videos.

[@dear_imran]

Now?

[@nathanieltheartist9616]

Just imagine if a 2000-ton ancient sailing ship were to be fitted with wheels... now THAT will be a real job for Archimedes!

[@nihara2625]

What’s happened to the ship now? Is it like dismantled or something?

[@emilyfranklin1351]

"The ship did successfully reach its destination of Alexandria (though it was not called Alexandria at the time). The ship was beached by the shore, a dock built around it and it was used as a building on the river. After that point, it is never mentioned in historical text again. From reddit

[@prakharchaudhary9797]

Here in India they had an alpenliebe lollipop ad involving Archimedes in the bathtub seven years ago.

[@dsyno]

Starting at 2:58 there are few mistakes. First if it displaced 4000 tons of water the ship will not float. Water is displaced because the ship is unter the water. A ship of 2000 tons, will displace a max of 2000 tons of water. When it displace a 1000 tons of water the boat will be half way under the water and it will flow. And finally at 3:00 when the water is displaced, it splits more water on the floor. The flow of the water is the other way around. But I like TED.

[@monokuma3854]

Bro....no

[@lenikiouptsi5865]

Even if I am greek, I really enjoy these videos and the stories. I watch them again and again!

[@renmanjares5314]

You must be beautiful

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

Eureka! Suddenly pops-up in my mind, just like Archimedes.

[@rowennazy2304]

Thank you TED..

[@TirsophChaistern]

That's the sort of thing humans can do when offline and free to think.

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

A giant expensive ship that will only sail once.

[@Dong_Harvey]

Where will we put our cat photos?

[@adamtaurus7840]

Ok boomer

[@malavikanair1366]

Hi TED ED , PLS CAN U POST MORE AND GOOD STORIES LIKE IT

[@bertkeusch4368]

Another wonderful story behind an interesting formula

[@jordanmcintosh5451]

So basically...the weight of the base portion of the ship, has to be equivalent or higher than the top portion of the boat to stay afloat? Right?

[@nin9zer044]

People: *thank to Archimedes* Archimedes: *savage level 169%

[@evanaf2855]

Hey... the graphic which describes the king being happy or unhappy based on the displacement of the water... I think it's backwards. If the boat displaces 4000 tons of water, it should sink. 1000 and it should float well. If you think of the word displaced as "moved out of the way" and think of the water being moved out of the way, it is moved because the boat takes the water's place. So to displace 4000 tons means the boat had to go down into the water FURTHER to move that much water... Or do I have something backward? We do really enjoy your lesson and the neat way it is presented. Keep it up!

[@ayushsharma9270]

Evana F read your comment again, but slowly...

[@arywitch]

Evana F yes I had the same doubt! Think of a ship floating just above the water. It wouldn't have displaced any water. While a ship that sank completely would have displaced water equal to its volume (but not same weight).

[@theresahall6197]

But it didn't answer the question. Will it sink or sail? Math is nice but unless that ship got to Egypt it doesn't matter much.

[@lpsloverallieqwq4330]

We watched this in class :/ it was pretty interesting & we were bummed when it was over. 👌

[@suelovescupcakes]

Thanks i needed this

[@heyitzrane3025]

King Hieron to Archimedes: here find a way to make an ancient cruise ship

[@extraterrestrialorganism7940]

OMG! CORONAAAAA!!! Anyone from legendary year of 2020?

[@icecrystal2310]

Wheres the funny.

[@vrayya]

That's actually really cool

[@herlymcnuggi4834]

I like how Archimedes is bigger than a warship

[@harshshukla2412]

Me reading corona Also me closing vedio But me again opening it

[@FBI-it1ct]

When i think of Archimedes... I think of the bird.

[@drmmrptr]

We are having the same thought!

[@adamtaurus7840]

*Birds!*

[@NazimaKhan]

This is amazing! ❤️ From India

[@devawaud5984]

They had really epic presents back then.

[@OatmealCremePie]

So the boat is an ancient cruise ship?

[@darthmortus5702]

Does anyone know why it took so long for people to firmly adopt Archimedes' Principle? I mean I recall that it took an (Oxford I think) scholar to row around in a boat made of rock until people accepted that non-wooden things will float. But that was around two thousand years later, why did nobody build a metal ship earlier?

[@wolfizee2363]

Because i'm pretty sure metal was expensive at the time.

[@MrRoboticeyes]

metal is expensive, pretty much hard to find, and is not the best option. meanwhile, woods available everywhere, lighter, cheaper, easier to work with, and can last pretty long with proper care.

[@siddarth3955]

Also moulding metals was difficult and rust proof metals was still difficult to be made ...

[@raphuscucullatus7845]

I don't think most people had faith in metal ships. They probably thought that it would be so heavy that they'd sink, which would be proven wrong way later.

[@Lunaa2209]

I love history and this story is amazing

[@markarca6360]

It is how to measure the volume of an irregular solid (of course, the length, width and height cannot be measured reliably). Water is an excellent fluid to use because of its specific gravity of 1.0 .

[@pschroeter1]

It sailed once and then what? Did it sit somewhere and rot, burn, what? Has anyone found remnants of it?

[@gdm9937]

It was burned by the romans

[@cutiepie120048]

+GDM That had to suck

[@kokobean5921]

. . . . Well shit . . .

[@Zamolxes77]

It was made out of wood, wood doesn't last. Unless off course is buried in the tomb of a pharaoh.

[@vero-kd8vg]

*slow clap* Well done Rome.

[@jamz9998]

Archimedes was the only reason why i have to study buoyancy in science

[@abhijeet_jain]

man...the animation is lit af

[@Angel36930]

Wooow so they actually managed to build that ship in that day and age....truly remarkable

[@funnylaughed7423]

Damn, imagine designing a ship that awesome only for it to be used once

[@subcivil-youtubechannel7283]

The only reason why this got recommended to you 3:48

[@Gabribarresti]

What about the stability of the boat? How did he calculate that?

[@safdershakil2401]

Can anyone tell me which software do they use for creating such animations??

[@mclam168]

Ted: corona Me: virus!

[@animecatdat2490]

Oh, hello there.

[@babushkablyattv2751]

China: *DeAd*

[@viralshneako5779]

thats creepy because the video was made on march 13 which is exactly 1 year ago

[@almogvine6223]

Lol

[@debbiereynolds8685]

DEMONETIZED

[@John-un1gc]

Indiana Jones brought me here

[@user-uz9hi8ip7o]

same.. 😂😂😂

[@mahmoudesmat3675]

I am a diver from Egypt, And i wish that i could dive this majestic ship as a shipwreck.

[@erictaylor5462]

It's why a ship full of air floats, but if you fill it with water, it will sink. In fact, you can calculate exactly how much water you can put on a boat to sink to exacting precision.

[@Piyush123.]

Do you think greeks or arabs first do science?

[@dasdasdus]

What happened to the ship?

[@PirateTHESteam1]

dasdasdus Syracusia wasnt used ever again. It stayed on the alexandrian harbour until its inevitable end(wood, you know). That's atleast according to most online sources.

[@dasdasdus]

Thank you.

[@webbugt]

PirateTHESteam1 I really love it how these videos pique our intrest about a topic. I was interested about the ship as well. Thanks for the answer! :D

[@dasdasdus]

The style of the video also helps to gain some interest in the topic too.

[@codenamex927]

PirateTHESteam1 The source that the video uses is Diodorus Siculus, who writes that the ship couldn't fit into any harbor in Sicily, so it was given as a lavish gift to Ptolemy III and the Egyptians. There is no mention of what Ptolemy III did with the ship, except that it was renamed from Syracusia to Alexandria.

[@adeebulhafiz7348]

So you saying that Archimedes was a better engineer than 20th Century engineers.

[@NileRiverification]

+adeebul hafiz well, the engineers who built the titanic weren't the problem, the problem was that the company running the boat didn't equip it with enough lifeboats, and the crew were negligent in their duty to watch for dangerous conditions. Still, Archimedes was still probably better.

[@nobutasu3285]

well technically, archimedes is the one who discover buoyancy theory plus without him there will be no engineers now.

[@fulcrum2951]

Without archimedes, there would be a huge delay in ship building progress

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@fulcrum2951 Without Archimedes, no Pirates of Caribbean.

[@fulcrum2951]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx exactly

[@UPLband]

Thanks teded

[@Icarus47249fd]

Story of archimedes and Issac newton make sense. I once observed a ball bounce, suddenly dawn on me the 'real' meaning behind math concepts. Matter of fact, I grew to appreciate and enjoy mathematic more at that moment. My dissatisfaction of education system stems from the lack of understanding of the purpose; how does this relate? In my eyes, the grading system at time get in the way of learning.There's a massive difference in students / teachers: one is satisfied just how it's, other want to know how and why. Here rest the difference between geniuses and your average Joe. Concepts should be learned first, then come theory. A person can talk about theory all day, but if he's unable to give practical evidence to the observable eye, it does not matter, for bunker Joey can't relate, therefore real life examples should be provided, then theory. In this manner, this person understand the theory - for he have observed it in real life; like from my personal observation of ball bouncing up, then went down. The same principle used in rocket ship. In my eyes, intelligent is not necessary how much one know, social ability or even his impressive memory recalling ability, rather it's the fire within the person; curiosity.