Archimedes Presentation
By: Elissa Ramirez

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Born on 287 BC. in Syracuse, Italy.
• Died on 212 BC. in Syracuse, Italy.
• Archimedes was the son of an astronomer named Phidias.
• Archimedes might of had royal blood because there was a chance that he was related to King Hieron.
• Archimedes studied in Alexandria at a school established by Euclid.
• Archimedes' death was an accident and wasn't by intention.

WHAT HE RESEARCHED/STUDIED

• Archimedes did a lot of studying on the aspects of the lever and pully.
• One of Archimedes' main studies was on how to find the volume of certain figures.
• Archimedes spent a lot of time on figuring out how much silver was in a gold crown.
• Archimedes also studied geometry.
• Some other things that Archimedes did a lot of studying in, was mechanics and hydrostatics.

WHAT HE IS FAMOUS FOR

• Archimedes is famous for inventing the water screw.
• Archimedes is also famous for inventing a miniature planetarium of space and the planets.
• One of his greatest inventions was figuring the area and volume of a cylinder and a sphere.
• Another one of his great inventions is determining the length of a year and the distances of planets.
• Archimedes also invented an important concept of physics, which is the center of gravity.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Archimedes would sometimes take fame for inventions that he didn't have any work on.
• Many medieval Islam mathematicians were inspired to improve on Archimedes' work.
• Archimedes' first works were carried of from the people he worked with.
• Archimedes was also known as an outstanding astronomer.
• Archimedes is also known as the man that ran down the street naked when he got his idea.

FAMOUS QUOTES

• "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I'll move the world."
• "Mathematics reveals it's secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for it's own beauty."
• "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth!"
• Translation---"Gebt mir einen festen Punkt auf dem ich stehen kann und ich werde die welt aus den Angeln heben!"

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "Archimedes." Famous Scientists. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2016. .
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "Archimedes Quotes." Archimedes Quotes (Author of The Works of Archimedes). N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2016. .

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• "Archimedes." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 3 May 2016.