Article: The Immune System: Eureka !
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The Immune System: Eureka !
Archimedes: His Discovery was the ?talk of the town.?
Archimedes, the ancient Greek scientist, was no exception. When his friend, King Hieron of Syracuse asked the famous scientist if the crown he was wearing was pure gold or if it was alloyed, Archimedes was stumped.
One day as he stepped into a bath, it came to him. The amount of water which overflowed was equal to the portion of his body placed in the bathwater. The same was true of gold?and its alloys. Gold displaced a certain amount of water. Alloys, like silver, displaced different amounts.
We?re told by historians, he was so excited about his discovery he ran through the town crying ?Eureka!? (?I found it!?). He had discovered the principle of the immune system?uh, no, sorry, getting ah...
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