Archimedes

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Archimedes
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Who is Archimedes?

• Archimedes is a Greek Mathematician, physicist,
  engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Few details
  of his life are known, but he was one of the
  leading scientist and mathematician in the
  classic antiquity. He is known for his
  inventions, including siege engines and the screw
  pump that bears his name

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The mathematician

• Archimedes manage to approximate PI, and also
  proved that the radius of a circle is equal to PI
  times its diameter. He also proved that the area
  enclosed by a parabola and a straight line is 4/3
  multiplied by the area of a triangle with equal
  base and height. He expressed the answer as an
  infinite geometric series with the common ratio
  1/4

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Other Achievements

• Archimedes is perhaps most widely known for his
  discovery of how to measure an irregular solid
  using water displacement. He didnt invent the
  lever, but he did write the most early known
  rigorous explanation of the principle involved.
  He also designed the block-and-tackle, the
  Archimedes screw, and the claw of Archimedes.

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Archimedes death

• Archimedes died in the siege of Syracuse. The
  most popular portrayal of his death was that he
  was drawing mathematical diagrams in the ground,
  and was killed by an angered soldier when he
  wouldnt stop drawing. His alleged last words
  were do not disturb my circles. These circles
  were his mathematical drawings.

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Archimedes tomb

• Archimedes tomb was inscribed with a sphere and a
  cylinder with the same height and diameter,
  showing his favorite mathematical proof. This
  states that the volume and surface area of a
  sphere is 2/3 that of a cylinder.

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Archimedes Legacy

• There is a crater on the Moon that is named
  Archimedes, and a lunar mountain range, the
  Montes Archimedes, in his honor.
• The asteroid 3600 Archimedes is named after him
• The Fields medal for outstanding mathematics
  carries a portrait of Archimedes
• Eureka! Is Californias motto

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