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Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Greece. He was a mathematician, physicist, weapons designer, astronomer, inventor, and engineer. Do to lost information; Archimedes' life does not have concrete details. He might have had kids or got married. It is known that he focused on mathematics and science. His discoveries and inventions certainly act as evidence to this.
For the majority of his life, Archimedes lived in Syracuse, Greece. At this time, Greece had a certain focus on scientific discoveries. The enjoyment of knowledge fueled Greek scientists' desire to study the universe. There is very little information about Archimedes' family life, but there is information to support that his father was an astronomer. This also might have motivated …show more content…

One of his most famous discoveries actually was made while taking a bath. King Hiero II had himself a crown made out of pure gold. When the crown was finished, King Hiero II thought that some of the gold from the crown had been stolen. He consulted Archimedes about the situation. Archimedes was pondering this problem in the bath, when he suddenly had an epiphany. When he sat down in the bath; the water level increased and when he stood up out of the bath, the water level decreased. This discovery made Archimedes so happy that he forgot to clothe himself before running outside to the king. This is where the famous saying 'Eureka' comes from, for when the idea came to him he yelled this word. Eureka means, 'I've found it!' After this event, Archimedes set to work on solving the king's dilemma. He applied the concept he discovered in the bathtub to solve the problem. He used liquid displacement to find out the volume of the crown. He did this by measuring how much the water level increased when silver was set in water and when gold was set in water. He compared the results to the crown and found that the crown had both silver and gold within it. Archimedes had successfully discovered how to measure the volume of irregularly shaped objects through liquid …show more content…

In fact, his calculation of Pi is used to find the circumference of a circle and the Archimedes' screw is still used to water crops. The formula for finding the circumference of a circle is commonly used as two times Pi times the radius. The main function of Archimedes' screw is to transfer resources. Under transferring resources, there are many uses. It can act as a combine, which cuts and harvests grain and other crops, then collect the product. It also can act as a sewage system in which the wastewater is moved to a treatment plant. The screw can also water crops by pulling water out of the ground and moving the water to crops. In fish nurseries, the screw is used to move fish from one tank to another. As described, the screw has numerous modern day uses. Archimedes' inventions and discoveries certainly benefit modern day

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