The earliest account of scientific discovery that has come down to us is the story of Archimedes, who solved a problem in applied science (a non-destructive assay of a gold crown) while in his bath.

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FRAN:So Archimedes was working on a problem that had been set by the king because the king didn't know whether his crown was made of pure gold or not. DOM:So it was at that moment in the bath that ...