PRESENTATION BY:

ARCHIMEDES

VITAL INFORMATION

• Name: Archimedes
• Lifespan: Born 247 BC Assassinated 212 BC
• Birthplace: Syracuse, Italy
• Age of death: 75
• Killed by a Roman Soldier

HISTORIC EVENTS DURING HIS LIFE

• Siege of Syracuse
• The invention of war machines
• The invention of compound pulley systems

Education


Alexandria,Egypt

Martial & Family Status

Father- astronomer, Phidias

Not known if he was married or had children

OCCUPATIONS

• Scientist
• Mathematician

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS

• compound pulley system
• On the sphere and cylinder
• measurement of a circle

A COUPLE OF INTERESTING EVENTS FROM HIS LIFE

• His death
• Siege of Syracuse

SOURCES

• https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
• http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Archimedes/
• http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Archimedes.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes

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