Archimedes the Greatest Mathematician II

Discoveries and inventions : The Golden Crown, The Archimedes Screw, The Claw of Archimedes, The Archimedes Heat Ray...etc
Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης; c. 287 BC c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and the explanation of the principle of the lever. He is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege engines and the screw pump that bears his name. Modern experiments have tested claims that Archimedes designed machines capable of lifting attacking ships out of the water and setting ships on fire using an array of mirrors.[1]

Archimedes is generally considered to be the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.[2][3] He used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series, and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi.[4] He also defined the spiral bearing his name, formulas for the volumes of surfaces of revolution and an ingenious system for expressing very large numbers.

Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed. Cicero describes visiting the tomb of Archimedes, which was surmounted by a sphere inscribed within a cylinder. Archimedes had proven that the sphere has two thirds of the volume and surface area of the cylinder (including the bases of the latter), and regarded this as the greatest of his mathematical achievements.

Unlike his inventions, the mathematical writings of Archimedes were little known in antiquity. Mathematicians from Alexandria read and quoted him, but the first comprehensive compilation was not made until c. 530 AD by Isidore of Miletus, while commentaries on the works of Archimedes written by Eutocius in the sixth century AD opened them to wider readership for the first time. The relatively few copies of Archimedes' written work that survived through the Middle Ages were an influential source of ideas for scientists during the Renaissance,[5] while the discovery in 1906 of previously unknown works by Archimedes in the Archimedes Palimpsest has provided new insights into how he obtained mathematical results.

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[imobeus1]

So, I have to be an atheist to make a comment? Nice.

[tektamos]

@imobeus1 No, you just need to respect Greek History , thats all

[countrybluegrass]

@tektamos

Except Archimedes was Italian.

[tektamos]

@countrybluegrass @countrybluegrass Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης; c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer....wikipedia (Archimedes)You are free to be stupid my friend, BUT BEFORE SHOW OFF YOUR STUPIDITY ... FINISH THE SCHOOL FIRST AND THEN TALK IN PUBLIC

[countrybluegrass]

@tektamos

Sicily is an island off the coast of Italy. It's not in Greece. Archimedes was Sicilian/Italian.

[tektamos]

@countrybluegrass You insist to be Stupid ? So the King of Mayas is Chilian ? Because today is chile over there ? King of AZTECS was MEXICAN, because today over there is MEXICO ? SICILY WAS A GREEK COLONY ... OPEN A BOOK AND SOP BE STUPID. When Greeks made citys in Sicily ITALIANS WAS NOT EXIST ...AND YOUR AncestorS eating bananas on a trees

[massore1980]

this is why i detest religion with a passion. Poor Archimedes =(

[nylar4000]

haha bananas on trees, good one.

[SpoiledLogic]

Dark Ages = Stupid Ages!!!!!!!!

[Lensk15]

who kills an old man like that?! who kills a genius like that?! wtf.....

anyways...dude was crazy coming up with those shapes dam xD

[hencethedax]

@ 0:11 - That's a damn fine line he drew there!