Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE Greek mathematician, engineer, physicist
The greatest mathematician of antiquity and a pioneer of applied physics.
- Religion
- Greek polytheism assumed; little is recorded of his beliefs.
- Affiliations
- Served the court of Syracuse. No secret society.
Archimedes found ways to measure areas and volumes that anticipated integral calculus by nearly two thousand years. He explained the lever and buoyancy and built machines that defended Syracuse against Rome. He was killed by a Roman soldier during the city's fall.
In the timeline
- 251 BCE Archimedes measures curves and approaches the infinite central figure
- 250 BCE Archimedes screw central figure