Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Some of his major contributions to the world of mathematics include (active links below):
- Archimedes' Principle - Hydrostatics - Discovering of the volume of a sphere
- The Law of the Lever
- Archimedes claw
- Approximation of Pi
- Stomachion Puzzle
- Calculus - early beginnings of calculus attributed to Archimedes finding the area under a curve by using the sum of infinite rectangles
Learn more about Archimedes (click the links below)
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"Archimedes." Drexel University. Drexel University, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014. <https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html>.
"The Archimedes Palimpsest." The History of Archimedes. Archimedes Palimpsest, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014. <http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/archimedes.php>.
"Archimedes." Drexel University. Drexel University, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014. <https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html>.
"The Archimedes Palimpsest." The History of Archimedes. Archimedes Palimpsest, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014. <http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/archimedes.php>.