ARCHIMEDES

ARCHIMEDES

• Born in 287 BC
• Died 212 BC
• Syracuse, Italy

BACKGROUND

• Father- Phidias
• King of Syracuse
• Alexandria

WORK

• King Hiero
• Watering screw and miniature planetarium
• Hydrostatics
• Weapons
• Book

OTHER MATHEMATICIANS

• Euclid
• Apollonius

OTHER EVENTS

• Classical Era
• Second Punic War
• Killed by a Roman soldier

Give me a place to stand and I shall move the Earth.
-Archimedes