Archimedes: The father of Maths
“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.”
Archimedes
Archimedes was born in Sicily in the year 287 BC and died in 212 BC at the age of 75. He is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of ancient history and is known as the father of maths!
He is responsible for many discoveries including devices such as the pulley and the lever, the principle of buoyancy, and was committed to research on volume and density.
Right before his death, his city was at war with the romans. Archimedes designed and created catapults that hurled heavy stones a great distance and set up cranes which released heavy stones onto the attacking ships below.
He was killed by one of the soldiers who had swarmed the city. The soldier was supposed to capture him and keep him alive but hit him on the head and killed him when Archimedes refused to move from the mathematical problem he was solving.
Only some of Archimedes’ ideas have survived and most of what we know is through the written works of other authors and mathematicians.
“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.” – Archimedes.
As lovers of all thing’s maths, we have loved finding out more about Archimedes!
This blog was written by Hayley.
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