It's a metaphor for the power of science and the human mind being powerful enough to do anything.
Everyone is 'attracted' to Earth because of gravity. And there is really no bottom of the Earth.
It's the Earth
In Earth Science, it means Incoming Solar Radiation.
For electricity or current to flow through your body, you should be connected to earth. Wood is an insulator, and so when you stand on wood, current cannot flow through your body to earth.
Stand at the South Pole, and look down at the ground beneath your feet.
archimedes
Archimedes
Archimedes
Archimedes
The original quote from Archimedes was, give me a long enough lever and a place to stand and I can move the world.
For Archimedes to move the Earth with a lever he would need: - a rock to put under the Earth (to act as a fulcrum) - a board/stick long enough & strong enough to lift the Earth - somewhere to stand....he can't stand ON the Earth and move it, so where would he stand?..........in space?
Archimedes
Archimedes
nothing its held in place by gravity on its axis
Browning Lever Rifle
Eureka! I have found it! give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth.
say stand up : lever les garçons