Archimedes was born in Syracuse Sicily in 287 B.C. His father Phidias was a famous astronomer. Growing up Archimedes lived in Syracuse for most of his childhood. As Archimedes was growing up, his childhood became very boring. Back then, there wasn't a whole lot to do so most of the time he would play in sand and the dirt. While he would play in the dirt and sand, he would do math problems on the sand with either his finger or a rock. After doing these in the sand and dirt everyday for about ten years, he finally came up with what we now call surface area and volume. When he was discovering these, he would forget to do anything else including bath, eat, and sleep. He had to concentrate so hard to be successful. When Archimedes became old enough to go to sc

Though resources were low in Syracuse, Archimedes found ways to accomplish his mathematics. His approximation of pi was most accurate of his time. Archimedes accomplished many things during his lifetime. One of his major accomplishments was the "Archimedes Screw". Archimedes invented this device which is still used today. Archimedes Screw deals with irrigation. It's lifting water from streams to higher lying fileds. It's a cylinder containing a wide screw turned by hand. It's set on an incline with the lower part in the stream. As the screw is turned, it lifts water to a higher level.

Archimedes established something else which was very important. Archimedes established the "Archimedes Principle". Archimedes Principle states that body immersed fluid loses weight which is equal to weight of the amount of fluid it displaces. This basically means a body immersed in fluid is buoyed by a force which is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. This principle applies to both floating and submerged bodies. After the capture of Syracuse du

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