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Archimedes - Crystalinks Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287 BC - c. 212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer. Although little is known about his life, he is regarded as one of the most important scientists in classical antiquity. In addition to making important discoveries in the field

Famous ScientistsHome Top 100 Scientists List of Scientists Blog Archimedes Archimedes was, arguably, the world’s greatest scientist – certainly the greatest scientist of the classical age. He was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, inventor, and weapons-designer. As we’ll see, he was a

The Archimedes Palimpsest Palimpsest Exhibition Digital Community Links Archimedes of Syracuse Archimedes was born in the city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily in 287 BC. He was the son of an astronomer and mathematician named Phidias. Aside from that, very little is known about the early life of Archimedes or his

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Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician , physicist , engineer , inventor , and astronomer . Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientist s in classical antiquity . Generally considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all