Lecture 1: Archimedes, A Genius from Antiquity.

In his Budget of Paradoxes, Augustus DeMorgan, quotes The Astronomers Song, a drinking song which has a verse about Archimedes. First two verses.

Be sure to mention the puzzle I bought at Taliesin West.

http://www.ams.org/new-in-math/cover/archimedes1.html

Be sure to talk about the tomb of Archimedes and its portrayal in art.

http://dftuz.unizar.es/~rivero/research/isisletter.htm