Archimedes

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Not very much is known about Archimedes, although we do know that Archimedes had a father, he was also an astronomer, his name was Phidias. Apparently, Archimedes' family is a not very famous family, because not very much is known about Phidias other than Phidias was also an astronomer and Archimedes birth dad. Archimedes had a freind named Heracleides. Heracleides wrote a biography about his freind Archimedes but his written biography was lost. Some say Archimedes went to Egypt and invented the "Archimedes' screw". The "Archimedes' screw" is a pump that is still used today by many people. It is likely that when Archimedes was young he studied under the successors of Euclid (another mathematician)in Alexandria. Archimedes was born c. 287 B.C.E in Syracuse, Sicily. Archimedes died in 212 B.C.E in Syracuse, Sicily. Archimedes lived to be 75 years old. Important Mathematical Discoveries The Golden Crown was tested to see whether the golden crown was more or less dense than the solid gold crown. The most known short, biographical account is about how he invented a way to find the amount of space an irregular object takes up. "According to Vitruviusa votive crown for a templehad been made for King Hiero 2." The king had supplied the pure gold that could be used. Archimedes was asked to determine whether or not some gold was substituted, with silver, by a corrupt blacksmith, without damaging the crown. He couldn't melt it down, what could he do to find out? He got in the tub. He noticed that the water rose in the tub, soon, he realized that he could do the same thing with the crown(Water can't be compressed). By dividing the mass of the crown by the volume of the water displaced, he could figure out how much gold was in there, and, if there was any silver in it at all.

Work Outside of Mathematics
Archimedes was also a physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Among his advances in physics, he founded hydrostatics and statics, and he explained the principle of the lever. He was also credited with designing innovative machines, including A seige engine, which is a device designed to break city walls and other strengthening walls.

Other Important information
Archimedes was a native of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. He was killed by a Roman soldier who was told thath it would be best not to harm him, in case that he was very special, in a spiritual way. No one really understood most of the written works about Archiomedes until about 530 AD, who were written by Isidore Miletus, while, in 6 AD whole other works by Eutocius opened up the readings to be discovered for the first time ever in history. All though there are few written works written by Archimedes that made it through the middle ages, every one of those pieces were influential to the Renaissance. The discovery of 1906 was built of previously unknown things by Archimedes, in the Archimedes Palimpset, it showed new information about how the mathematical results came to be in his life.Archimedes did NOT invent the lever, he only explained the principle of the lever. It is believed, however, that Archimedes' family was a rich and noble one, perhaps related in some way to Hiero, King of Syracuse. It is not known whether Archimedes was married or whether he had children. However, it is known that Archimedes studied in Alexandria in Egypt along with Conon of Samos and Eratosthene of Cyrene. In his lifetime, Archimedes invented many machines and tools that were used both by the Romans and Greeks. In fact, many things he invented are still being used even today. For instance, the Archimedes screw is used in the coal industry and for irrigation in some developing countries.It is believed that Archimedes died in 212 BC when the Second Punic War was going on at Syracuse.General Marcus Claudius Marcellus had specifically ordered that Archimedes should not be harmed. Most accounts of Archimedes and his life were written well after his death. So, all information is secondhand and passed down. For instance, Universal History by Polybius gives an account of the sack of Syracuse. This was written 70 years after Archimedes death, and the same was used by Plutarch. Most works concentrate more on Archimedes' inventions rather than what type of person he was.

Fun Facts
Archimedes was 6 foot tall by the time he was thirteen. By the time he was in 2nd grade, Archimedes was as smart as, or smarter than, the average 8th grader. Archimedes was so good at math that he was put into private clasrooms in highschool. Phidias' family made only around 10 cents an hour when he was teaching. When Archimedes was born, he was a brunette, as soon as he was three years old, it lightened to blonde. He worked so hard after his second year in egyptian college that he grew grey hairs! Phidias and Archimedes ate nothing but fish and bread, the fruits, spices, and vegetables were too pricey for them to buy. Even though Archimedes only ate fish in Egypt, everyone called him the Capitol of Math Knowledge. They gave him fruits, vegetables, and spices, which he ,after college, took home to his father. Archimedes always dreamed about building a school for engineering, physics, and astronomy.

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