Levers are literally all around us. You body uses them to move, pick up a pen to sign your name and you’ll use mechanical advantage to make that ballpoint roll, and that can of soda doesn’t open ...

"Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world." —Archimedes The famous quote by Archimedes is fundamentally about the mechanics of leverage. You might remember a ...

The film *Spinning Levers* explores the fundamental mechanics of levers and gears, illustrating their role in various everyday applications and in the complex workings of a car’s transmission.