Archimedes

Also known as Archimedes of Syracuse

Archimedes of Syracuse ( ; ) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, based on his surviving work, he is considered one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity, and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying the concept of the infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove many geometrical theorems, including the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere

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Archimedes was a male mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and inventor who lived during the Hellenistic period. He was born in Syracuse and resided there until his death, which occurred in 212 BCE or 211 BCE as a result of homicide. He wrote in Ancient Greek, and his name in his native language is Ἀρχιμήδης ὁ Συρακόσιος.

His fields of work included geometry, mathematics, mechanics, and engineering. Notable works attributed to him are Archimedes' principle, Archimedes' screw, the Archimedes Palimpsest, and the Archimedes number. He is described by sources such as the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron and the Pauly–Wissowa.

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Elementa [Euclidea] geometriae planae ac solidae

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Active from: 1992
Active to: 1996

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Double-blind evaluation of intradiscal chymopapain for herniated lumbar discs
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Quotes

“δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω. [Dôs moi pâ stô, kaì tàn gân kinásō.]”
“Noli turbare circulos meos. or Noli tangere circulos meos.”
“How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!”
“Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.”
“Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.”
“If two equal weights have not the same centre of gravity, the centre of gravity of both taken together is at the middle point of the line joining their centres of gravity.”

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Key facts

Scientist.name: Archimedes of Syracuse
Scientist.native_name: Ἀρχιμήδης
Scientist.native_name_lang: grc
Scientist.image: Domenico-Fetti Archimedes 1620.jpg
Scientist.alt: A painting of an older man puzzling over geometric problems
Scientist.caption: Archimedes Thoughtful by Domenico Fetti (1620)
Scientist.birth_place: Syracuse, Sicily
Scientist.death_date: (aged approximately 75)
Scientist.death_place: Syracuse, Sicily
Scientist.field: MathematicsPhysicsAstronomyMechanicsEngineering

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Encyclopedic overview

41 sections

Contents

Biography
Golden wreath
Launching the ''Syracusia''
War machines
Death
Mathematics
Method of exhaustion
Mechanical method
Large numbers
Archimedean solid
Writings
Surviving works
''Measurement of a Circle''
''The Sand Reckoner''
''On the Equilibrium of Planes''
''Quadrature of the Parabola''
''On the Sphere and Cylinder''
''On Spirals''
''On Conoids and Spheroids''
''On Floating Bodies''
''Ostomachion''
The cattle problem
''The Method of Mechanical Theorems''
Apocryphal works
Lost works
Archimedes Palimpsest
Legacy
Classical antiquity
Middle ages
Renaissance and early modern Europe
In modern mathematics
Cultural influence
See also
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
References
Ancient testimony
Modern sources
Further reading
External links

Archimedes' other mathematical achievements include deriving an approximation of pi (), defining and investigating the Archimedean spiral, and devising a system using exponentiation for expressing very large numbers. He was also one of the first to apply mathematics to physical phenomena, working on statics and hydrostatics. Archimedes' achievements in this area include a proof of the law of the lever, the widespread use of the concept of center of gravity, and the enunciation of the law of buoyancy known as Archimedes' principle. In astronomy, he made measurements of the apparent diameter of the Sun and the size of the universe. He is also said to have built a planetarium device that demonstrated the movements of the known celestial bodies, and may have been a precursor to the Antikythera mechanism. He is also credited with designing innovative machines, such as his screw pump, compound pulleys, and defensive war machines to protect his native Syracuse from invasion.

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