Archimedes was one of the greatest mathematicians and inventors of the ancient world. His native city was Syracuse on the island of Sicily. When he was a young

Many of us know little about Archimedes other than his "Eureka" exclamation upon discovering that he could immerse an object in a full tub of water and measure

Many of the things you know about science began with Archimedes. What was so unusual about a man who spent almost his whole life on one small island, more than

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Describes the life and ideas of the Greek philosopher whose principles greatly influenced mathematics and physics.