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Ships float on water based on the principle of buoyancy. Which scientist is credited with first identifying this principle?

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Archimedes

Archimedes, the Greek mathematician of Syracuse (3rd century BC), discovered the principle of buoyancy.

Archimedes' principle: a body immersed in a fluid experiences an upward thrust equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces; a ship floats because it displaces water equal to its own weight.

Niels Bohr and Rutherford worked on atomic structure, and Kepler gave the laws of planetary motion.

Hence, Archimedes.

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