# EN simpleshow foundation Maths How Ships Float educational video

This video explains how can a heavy metal ship stay on the water surface and what does Maths has to do with it?

Authors: Roman Ilyushenko, Nicolai Nobis

The information for this video is provided by Da Vinci Media.

Additional sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 2015
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: Ilya at Simpleshow Foundation
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EN_simpleshow_foundation_Maths_How_Ships_Float_educational_video.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Ilya at Simpleshow Foundation
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/52396256?play=1)