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It might be surprising to learn that then-12-year-old Brenden Sener of London, Ontario was enthralled by Ancient Greek concepts. It makes more sense once you find out which legend grabbed him.
Experts have credited the mathematician Archimedes with a weapon that could concentrate sunlight onto enemy ships: the death ray. And Sener wanted to know whether that story could hold up in the classroom.
Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he has shown that “the principle behind the Archimedes Death Ray is certainly possible,” according to his 2024 paper published in the Canadian Science Fair Journal.
But that’s the key word: principle. Sener’s experiment tested whether mirrors could concentrate heat—not whether ancient Syracuse fielded a working solar weapon.
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Experts have credited the mathematician Archimedes with a weapon that could concentrate sunlight onto enemy ships: the death ray. And Sener wanted to know whether that story could hold up in the classroom.
Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he has shown that “the principle behind the Archimedes Death Ray is certainly possible,” according to his 2024 paper published in the Canadian Science Fair Journal.
But that’s the key word: principle. Sener’s experiment tested whether mirrors could concentrate heat—not whether ancient Syracuse fielded a working solar weapon.
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