Archimedes Blast From The Past

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Math Blast

From the Past

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Archimedes

Syracuse

(then part of Greece)

287-212 BC

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Discovered how to calculate the volume of a sphere, and even wanted this diagram on his tombstone. He made so much progress in this area that nothing could be added for 18 centuries.

EUREKA (I have found it!) – Bouyancy

Developed Exponential system of writing large numbers

Discovered the Law of the Lever

x2

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Italian postage stamp honoring Archimedes May 2, 1983 Scott Catalogue Number 1559

This statue in the National Museum in Naples, Italy, was widely claimed to be Archimedes.

It is actually a bust of Archidamos III, a third century BC king of Sparta

Archimedes is commemorated on a

Greek postage stamp from 1983.

The Fields Medal carries a portrait of Archimedes.

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Archimedes water screw

This is a pump, still used in many parts of the world.

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A 1740 engraving of Archimedes planning the defenses of Syracuse. The Greek writing on his cap is

(Archimedes the geometer).

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Archimedes designed many tools for defending Syracuse from invasion. This is a model of how one of Archimedes

war gadgets may have worked.

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A detail of a wall painting in the Stanzino delle Matematiche in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy. Painted by Giulio Parigi (1571-1635) in the years 1599-1600.

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Burning Mirror

Archimedes used mirrors to reflect and intensify the sun, causing the ships to catch on fire.

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Wall painting from the Stanzino delle Matematiche in the Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy). Painted by Giulio Parigi (1571-1635) in the years 1599-1600.

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