"There was more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer." --Voltaire

 

Archimedes, a name commonly associated with the beginning of science, was an engineer and one of the greatest mathematicians in history. His impact on modern science rests on his use of experiment and invention to test ideas and his use mathematics to describe the basic principles of physical phenomena.

 

LIFE

TREATISES

ARCHIMEDES' CONSTANT                                                       

ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE

ARCHIMEDES' SCREW

THE CATTLE PROBLEM

DEATH

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