INTRODUCTION
- Archimedes was a Greek Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer, Inventor and Astronomer.
- He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and greatest Mathematicians of all time.
- He is known as the Father of Mathematics.
- He is also credited with formulating a Mathematical proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
- His work in Mathematics and Engineering have had a great impact on the development of science and technology.
- Archimedes is also well known for his famous quote, “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I will move the world.”
- He is also known for creating the famous “Archimedes Principle”.
A WALK THROUGH HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
- Archimedes was born in Syracuse, Sicily,Greek in 287BC.
- He was the son of Phidias who was an astronomer .
- He was a student of Euclid and studied under him in Alexandria, Egypt.
- After studies,He returned to Syracuse, where he had done experiments in Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering.
INVENTIONS IN MATHEMATICS
- He is known as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time and is credited with inventing the fields of calculus, mechanics, hydrostatics, and geometry.
- He was the first to calculate the area of a circle, the value of pi and the volume of a sphere.
- He also developed the “Method of Exhaustion”, which is a method of finding the area of a figure by taking the limit of an infinite series of smaller and smaller figures.
- In addition to this inventions, He is best known for his mathematical works which include “The Method of Mechanical Theorems” and “The Book on the Sphere and Cylinder”.
- He is also credited with discovering the “Archimedean Spiral”,a curve that can be drawn by a point moving around a circle at a constant speed.
INVENTIONS IN ENGINEERING
- He is credited with developing the “Archimedes Screw” which is a device used to move water and other materials uphill and the “Claw of Archimedes” which is a device used to lift ships out of the water.
- He is also credited with the invention of the lever, pulley and the compound pulley.
- He is best known for his “Archimedes Principle” which states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
- The discovery of Archimedes Principle leads to the development of the science of hydrostatics (the study of liquids and gases in equilibrium).
- He also worked on inventing and designing various machines such as the catapult, which he designed to protect his nation from attack.
CONCLUSION
- He died in 212 BC during the battle of Syracuse.
- He was killed by a Roman soldier during the battle of Syracuse.
- His death was said to have been due to his refusal to surrender his mechanical devices to the Roman army.
- His works were later rediscovered and published by the Greek Society in the 10th century.
- His legacy lives on today and many of his inventions are still in use.
- He continues to influence the fields of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering.
- His discoveries and inventions are still used today.
- He is remembered as one of the greatest Mathematicians of all time.
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