Archimedes
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor of Syracuse. Calculator of pi, founder of hydrostatics, designer of compound pulleys, claws, and burning mirrors. Killed by a Roman soldier during the sack of Syracuse.
Archimedes
Ask Archimedes about geometry, hydrostatics, and the engineering of Syracuse. Step into the bath with the man who shouted Eureka and ran into legend.
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor of Syracuse. Calculator of pi, founder of hydrostatics, designer of compound pulleys, claws, and burning mirrors. Killed by a Roman soldier during the sack of Syracuse.
- Born
- c. 287 BCE
- Died
- c. 212 BCE
- Birthplace
- Syracuse, Sicily
- Nationality
- Greece, Italy
What Archimedes can help you think about
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The answers draw on the shape of Archimedes's thinking across work like On the Sphere and Cylinder, The Method of Mechanical Theorems, and Archimedes' principle — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
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