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Archimedes
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Few certain details remain about the life of antiquit's greatest mathematician, . We know he was born in 287 B.C. around Syracuse from a report about 1400 years after the fact. tells about his father, Pheidias, in his book The Sandreckoner. Ph .... Middle of Term Paper
... optics, astronomy, engineering, geometry, and arithmetic. had more stories passed down through history about his clever inventions than his mathematical theorems. This is believed to be so because the average mind of that period would have no interest in the Archimedean spiral, but would pay attention to an invention that could move the earth. '? most famous story is attributed to a Roman architect under Emperor Augustus, named Vitruvius. Vitruvius asked to devise some way to test the weight of a gold wreath. was unsuccessful until one day as he entered a full bath, he noticed that the deeper he submerged into the tub, the more wate ... |
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