with the goldsmith. King Hiero later found out that the crown may not have been of pure gold‚ but made of a gold and silver mix. Hiero called in a young man by the name of Archimedes because he was capable of revealing the truth. How did Archimedes use his principle to solve King Hiero’s problem? One day‚ while Archimedes was getting into the bath tub‚ he noticed that the more he walked into the tub‚ the more water that ran out of the tub. He found out that when an object is immersed under
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A Script for Archimedes Play Curtain opens and Father is reading a newspaper. At Ahmed’s house Mohamed : (Bouncing the ball and enters the stage) Ahmed‚ Aren’t you coming to play today? Ahmed : (From inside) One more to do………. Mohamed : (to the audience) Maths is always his favourite subject Ahmed : Do you know today we learnt something very interesting for maths. Father : (Interrupting and getting up from the chair) What did you learn today‚ Ahmed? Ahmed :
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Archimedes of Syracuse (pronounced ar-ka-meed-eez) He is considered one of the greatest mathematicians in history. In fact‚ he is believed to be one of the three greatest mathematicians along with Isaac Newton and Carl Gauss. His greatest contributions to mathematics were in the area of Geometry. Archimedes was also an accomplished engineer and an inventor. He was believed to have been obsessed with Geometry though. Archimedes was born in Syracuse‚ Greece in 287 BC and died 212 BC after being
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Archimedes The genius who changed our way of thinking forever. Thesis Statement Archimedes was a genius because of his discoveries in the scientific world‚ including the lever and the idea that items displace their weight in water. ● One of Archimedes’s great achievements was the water screw (background) which is an ingenious way of getting water from a “low-lying body of water into irrigation systems”. ● During the siege of Syracuse by the Romans‚ Archimedes developed a type of large
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Archimedes‚ considered on of the greatest minds of the ancient world was born on the island of Sicily in the Greek city of Syracuse in the year 287 B.C.. Syracuse at the time was an independent Greek city-state with a 500-year history. He was the son of Phidias who was a Greek Astronomer and Mathematician. All that we know about Archimedes comes from his existing manuscripts‚ and from ancient historians such as Plutarch and Cicero among others centuries after his death. Considering the length
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Archimedes Background/Upbringing Archimedes was one of the most known and respected mathematicians of ancient Greece. He was born between the years of 290 and 280 BCE in Syracuse‚ Sicily which is currently known as Italy. His death took place in Syracuse‚ Sicily between the years of 212 and 211 BCE. In autumn of 212 or the spring of 211 Syracuse was taken over by Roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d). It was during the cities take over that Archimedes was killed
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the sides of right triangles. Secondly‚ Archimedes contributed a ton to both fields. One of the most famous things that Archimedes did was find out if a crown that the king had ordered was made of solid gold. What Archimedes did first compare the weights of gold and silver when immersed in water(he compared it with silver because that was what the crown was suspected to be partly made of). The next thing he did with the crown was immerse it in the
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ETHERIDGE Archimedes and his contributions to science Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician‚ physicist‚ engineer‚ inventor and astronomer. Little was known of his personal life‚ even though people regard him as one of the leading contributors to classical antiquity. One of his most outstanding contributions was the foundation of hydrostatics‚ statics and principles of lever. He also invented many mechanisms such as siege machines screw pump named after his name. Archimedes grew up
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The Claw of Archimedes is a weapon that he is said to have designed in order to defend the city of Syracuse in a siege. The claw consisted of a crane-like arm from which a large metal grappling hook was suspended. When the claw was dropped onto an attacking ship the arm would swing upwards‚ lifting the ship out of the water and possibly sinking it. Archimedes may have had it inspired by his law of the lever: How did it work exactly? After using heavy stones to drive back the Romans from the bows
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Archimedes is regarded as one of greatest mathematicians and inventors of his time. He was born in Syracuse‚ Sicily around the year 287BC. Archimedes acquired his education in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ but spent most of his life in Sicily. When in Sicily‚ he stayed in or near Syracuse and did nothing but experiment and research. Archimedes made many contributions to mathematics. One of the more important discoveries Archimedes made was he found a way to measure the areas and volumes of objects that are
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