"Give me a place to stand," Archimedes is said to have promised, "and I will move the world." In this perhaps apocryphal quote, the Greek mathematician, scientist, and inventor was discussing the principle of the lever and...

Archimedes was a native of Syracuse, Sicily, the son of the astronomer Pheidias. The many achievements accredited to him include: showing that the value of π lies between the values 3 10/71 and 3 1/7 (this he obtained by circumscribing and...

c. 287-212 B.C. Greek Mathematician and Engineer Heralded as one of the foremost mathematical geniuses of all time, Archimedes made major contributions to the fields of geometry and mechanics, and laid the groundwork for the much later development of...

Greek Mathematician and Inventor 287 B.C.E.–212 B.C.E. Archimedes was the greatest mathematician of the ancient world and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He was born in the Greek city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. As a...

c. 287-212 B.C. Greek mathematician and scientist who, by improving on previous methods of exhaustion in squaring the circle, developed the first reliable figure for π. Archimedes is best known for his numerous discoveries, such as the principle...

Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Îρχιμήδης) (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, astronomer and engineer. Although little is known of his life, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in...