Archimedes

-287 - -212 Ancient History Greek (Syracusan)

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Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and astronomer from Syracuse, Sicily, renowned for his discoveries in the principles of levers, buoyancy (Archimedes' principle), and geometry, including approximations of pi and the sphere's volume. He invented war machines like the Claw of Archimedes and heat ray during the Roman siege of Syracuse, and famously declared 'Eureka!' upon discovering water displacement. His works profoundly influenced later science until many were lost after his death.

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