About
Eureka! Information Services, LLC,
is owned and operated by Brock R. Wood. Brock is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Virginia.
Brock is passionate about technology and its use to improve a law firm's ability to serve its clients well. From web site design and consulting, to computer networking and computer data backup, to the use of the internet for legal research, Brock brings to bear both his experienve as a practicing attorney and his nearly 15 years of experince improving the practice of law with thoughtful and intelligent investments in technology. Need help with your firm's technology? Need to implement a technology solution? Want to get the most out of your current technology investment? Contact Brock today and find out how he can help!
Eureka?...
You may be thinking, why is the word, "eureka," in our firm's name? Excellent question!
One of the greatest thinkers humanity has ever produced was the ancient Greek mathematician, Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BCE to 212 BCE). Among his many achievements were ingenious inventions such as the water screw and elaborate pulley systems. 
In addition, his work in mathematics, in which he described the area under a parabola using "an infinite series of triangles," was used by Leibniz and Newton, almost 1,900 years after Archimedes' death, when these two men (independently) invented the mathematical calculus.
Probably the work for which Archimedes is most famous, however, is the discovery of the principle of "displacement." Displacement explains why a heavy object, such as a giant cruise ship, can float in water despite its massive weight. The secret is that the amount of water the ship "displaces" ("moves out of the way") when the ship is placed into a body of water, weighs *more* than the ship doing the displacing. While a cruise ship may *seem* dense, it is really mostly *air* on the inside. The density of the ship is less, because of its hollow construction, than the density of the water in which it is placed. Since it is less dense than the water, it floats (that is, it has *positive* buoyancy).
OK, you say, I get it. But what has that got to do with, "eureka"? Well, legend has it that Archimedes hit upon the idea of displacement in an unusual way. The story goes that Archimedes was climbing into a bathtub for a bath when he noticed the how the water level rose as he placed his body into the water. He realized that his body was "displacing" some of the water in the tub. In a flash of comprehension, he understood the principle of displacement. According to legend, he was so excited by his discovery that he jumped out of the tub and ran naked through the streets shouting, "eureka"! In ancient Greek, "eureka" means, "I have found it"! If you have a challenging problem in your practice that requires an effective, creative, technological solution, EIS has the resources to make you, like Archimedes, shout "eureka!" - "I have found it"! But please, before running through the streets, consider drying off and putting on clothes. ;-)
The "portrait" of Archimedes, above, was painted by Domenico Fetti in 1620. See http://archimedes2.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/archimedes_templates/popup.htm.
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