Archimedes

Why is Archimedes important?

What was Archimedes background?

• Born in 287 BC in part of Syracuse
• Devoted his whole life to research
• Killed in a massacre
• Lived for 75 years 

How many things did he invent or discover?

• Archimedes claw
• Pulley
• Lever
• Desgined a catapult

Where did Airchimedes studiy

Our basic knowlegde came from his writings or drawing 

He was captured by roman forces after two year siege

• he was drawing a diagram when a roman solider approached him to meet General Marcus.
• Archimedes declined saying he needed to finish the diagram.
• Furious the roman solider killed Archimedes.
• The last words attributed to Archimedes are "Do not disturb my circles"
•  Archimedes died in 212 B.C during the second Punic war.

Continued

• The tomb of Archimedes carried a sculpture illustrating his favorite mathematical proof
•  In 75 BC, 137 years after his death, the Roman orator Ceriero was serving as a quaestor in Sicily.
• He had heard stories about the tomb of Archimedes, but none of the locals was able to give him the location.
• Eventually he found the tomb near the Argentine gate  in a neglected condition and overgrown with bushes.