Discoveries of Archimedes
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Mathematics, Mathematicians, Scientists, Inventors, Engineering, Engineers, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: African History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: c. 250
Article abstract: Archimedes’ theoretical and practical discoveries led to innovations in mathematical theory as well as technological inventions.
Summary of Event
By far the best-known scientist of the third century b.c.e. was Archimedes of Syracuse, a man revered in his own age for his skill as an inventor and since recognized as one of the greatest Greek mathematicians, ranking with Pythagoras (c. 580-c. 500 b.c.e.) and Euclid.
Although tradition holds that Archimedes was born in Syracuse, virtually nothing is known of the scientist’s...
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