Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily.
He discovered the Archimedes principle in a bathtub and after the discovery he yelled Eureka! Eureka! and ran naked to the king of Syracuse palace.
He has built mirrors called “Archimedes heat ray” and destroyed a Roman Empire fleet.
There is an Archimedean Oath
There is an Archimedean Oath similar to Hippocratic Oath and is used for engineers in more and more Universities.
He discovered the number of Archimedes or pi number. His method to approximate the pi number is actually the act of birth for calculus.
He has a crater on the Moon
Archimedes has a crater on the Moon called Archimedes crater .
He stated : “Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth.”
A lever to move Earth would be 88.X 10 to power 21 miles and one need a stand.
Any fluid in resting state is curved
Archimedes discovered that the surface of any fluid in resting state is curved just like the Earth surface and the center of this circle is the center of the Earth. Thus, he demonstrated that the Earth was round.
Archimedes discovered that the ratio between the volume of a cylinder and a sphere inscribed or with the same radius is always 3/2. He felt that this observation was so important, that he wanted this drawing to be placed on his stone grave and his request was honored.
He created Archimedes’ cattle problem which was solved correctly only in the middle ages. Archimedes tried to count the sand particles in the universe in his work The Sand Reckoner.
Archimedes was always making geometry drawings on the sand while solving a math problem.
He was sending math problems with false results to his fellow mathematicians to challenge them.
His last words
His last words were “Before you kill me, my friend, pray let me finish my circle”.
The soldier who killed him did not pay heed to his request. He plunged a sword in his body.
“Ah well!” Archimedes sighed, “ They have taken away my body, but I shall take away my mind.”
Some say that his last words were “Don’t disturb my circles!” and the soldier killed him.