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Archimedes Accomplishments

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Regarding the personal life of Archimedes, not much was saved. However, the famous Greek still made his mark by being a great mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. His greatest accomplishments have been regarding to mathematics, therefore being regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Although it’s a title well deserved, Archimedes wasn’t born a fantastic scholar like he was. Born 287 BC in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily, Archimedes lived in Egypt for most of his early life, but ended up staying for the rest of his life in his hometown, Syracuse. He was on intimate terms with the king, Hieron II. There wasn’t too much information found on Archimedes’s early or personal life, all records were

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