ARCHIMEDES

ARCHIMEDES

ONE.

• Name: Archimedes of Syracuse
• Born: 287 B.C.
• Born in Syracuse, Sicily(Italy)

TWO.

• Died in Syracuse, Sicily
• 212 B.C

THREE.

• He invented the Archimedes Screw

FOUR.

• Father:Phidias, an astronomer

FIVE.

• Traveled to Egypt to study in Alexandria

SIX

• He knew how to explain the principles for such basic devices as the pulley, the fulcrum and the lever

SEVEN.

• He designed defensive machines to protect his native city Syracuse from invasion.

EIGHT

• He was also one of the first to apply mathematics to physical phenomena.

NINE.

• He invented the area of the circle.

CITATIONS

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes
• http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Archimedes.html
• http://www.ask.com/history/archimedes-full-name-e7aec08db82f32a2