Archimedes

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Archimedes (Greek: ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ) (287 BC–212 BC) was an Ancient mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer and philosopher of famed brilliance born in the Greek seaport colony of Syracuse. He is considered by some math historians to be one of history's greatest mathematicians, along with possibly Newton, Gauss and Euler.

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Archimedes became a popular figure as a result of his involvement in the defense of Syracuse against the Roman siege in the First and Second Punic Wars. He is reputed to have held the Romans at bay with war machines of his own design; to have been able to move a full-size ship complete with crew and cargo by pulling a single ropehttp://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/shipshaker2.html; to have discovered the principles of density and buoyancy, also known as Archimedes' principle, while taking a bath (thereupon taking to the streets naked calling "eureka" - "I have found it!"); and to have invented the irrigation device known as Archimedes' screw.

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287 BC: Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC...

212 BC: Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC...

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