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Archimedes

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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ARCHIMEDES

Tobias McNicholas, Grafton Leach, and Nevaeh McGuinness
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BIOGRAPHY

  • Born: 287 BC
  • Death: 212 BC
  • City of Birth: Syracuse, on the island of Sicily, later moved to Alexandra
  • Fun Fact: Euclid lived in Alexandria prior to Archimedes' time.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATH

  • Created the Archimedes Screw, a method of irrigation.
  • Found buoyancy.
  • Created the lever, pulley, and the fulcrum.
  • Developed hydrostatics, or the branch of physics dealing with liquids at rest.
  • Work with geometry and calculated the volume of spheres.
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SOURCES

http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/archimedes.php
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Tobi McNicholas