Archimedes was a great mathematician. He lived in Syracuse, Sicily. He was born around 287 BC. During his childhood he may have studied in Alexandria, Egypt. During his time there he newly considered Conon of Samos (who was close in age to Archimedes) a friend. Later in life, nobody knows if he had a wife or children. He died around 212 BC. There are different stories of how he died. One is that when Romans Soldiers captured Syracuse, a soldier found Archimedes working on a math diagram. He told him to come with him to his general, but he refused. He said he had to finish first. The soldier got mad so he killed him. Another story said that a soldier found him walking with math tools. He tried to surrender to the soldier but
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This is a small part of one big project. The first proposition states that using the circumference and radius of a circle has same area as the right angled triangle. That method is proved by the method of exhaustion. The second proposition was not actually made by Archimedes. Although it contributes to his third proposition. The third proposition is about the closest you can get to a circle. How he did this is by drawing a hexagon outside a circle and one inside and increasing the sides till he got to 96 sides. The sides got very close to the circle. The second proposition runs along the same path as this one.
Another accomplishment is The Sand Reckoner. It is about an estimation of how many grains of sand could fit in the the universe. In Latin it is also known as Archimedes Syracusani Arenarius & Dimensio Circull. In order to do this he had to go in steps. The first step is to make a system of making names for big numbers. Then he had to estimate the size of the universe it was about ten to the fourteenth power. Which in these days is about 2 light years. He concluded that you would have to fit ten to the sixty third power grains of …show more content…
He made The Archimedes’ principle, The Archimedes’ screw, and The Claw of Archimedes. After his death people still used his discoveries.I picked him because i’ve read about him in books of greek mythology,which fascinates me. There is an asteroid named after him. Many more things were named after him such as a creator on the moon.He also has a metal with a picture of him on it. The famous medal is awarded to people who have made amazing accomplishments in mathematics. A famous quote of what he said is “Eureka”. This quote is California's state motto. I have learn much, also that math is more than,multiplication, and long
This is a small part of one big project. The first proposition states that using the circumference and radius of a circle has same area as the right angled triangle. That method is proved by the method of exhaustion. The second proposition was not actually made by Archimedes. Although it contributes to his third proposition. The third proposition is about the closest you can get to a circle. How he did this is by drawing a hexagon outside a circle and one inside and increasing the sides till he got to 96 sides. The sides got very close to the circle. The second proposition runs along the same path as this one.
Another accomplishment is The Sand Reckoner. It is about an estimation of how many grains of sand could fit in the the universe. In Latin it is also known as Archimedes Syracusani Arenarius & Dimensio Circull. In order to do this he had to go in steps. The first step is to make a system of making names for big numbers. Then he had to estimate the size of the universe it was about ten to the fourteenth power. Which in these days is about 2 light years. He concluded that you would have to fit ten to the sixty third power grains of …show more content…
He made The Archimedes’ principle, The Archimedes’ screw, and The Claw of Archimedes. After his death people still used his discoveries.I picked him because i’ve read about him in books of greek mythology,which fascinates me. There is an asteroid named after him. Many more things were named after him such as a creator on the moon.He also has a metal with a picture of him on it. The famous medal is awarded to people who have made amazing accomplishments in mathematics. A famous quote of what he said is “Eureka”. This quote is California's state motto. I have learn much, also that math is more than,multiplication, and long