Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer born in 287 BCE in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest minds of antiquity, Archimedes made significant contributions to mathematics, particularly in geometry, calculus, and the understanding of levers and buoyancy.
His principle of buoyancy, known as Archimedes’ principle, remains fundamental in fluid mechanics.
He is credited with numerous ingenious inventions, including war machines used to defend Syracuse from Roman attacks. He is famously associated with the exclamation “Eureka!” after discovering a method to determine an object’s volume through water displacement.
Despite his brilliance, Archimedes met a tragic end in 212 BCE during the Roman conquest of Syracuse. According to tradition, he was killed by a Roman soldier, despite orders to spare his life, because he was engrossed in a mathematical problem.
– Birthdate and Location: 287 BCE, Syracuse, Sicily
– Death Date and Location: 212 BCE, Syracuse, Sicily
– Age at Death: 75
– Job Title: Mathematician
The article was first published by Ancient History Vault.
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