Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
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Rise above oneself and grasp the world. Archimedes
Rise above oneself and grasp the world.
Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty. Archimedes
Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
Eureka! [I have found it!] On discovery of a method to test the purity of gold. Archimedes
Eureka! [I have found it!] On discovery of a method to test the purity of gold.
The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides. Archimedes
The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.
The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater. Archimedes
The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater.
The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth. Archimedes
The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth.
Eureka! - I have found it! Archimedes
Eureka! - I have found it!
How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out! Archimedes
How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth. Archimedes
Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Archimedes
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics. Archimedes
There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.