Archimedes of Syracuse

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• Archimedes — For other uses, see Archimedes (disambiguation). Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης) …   Wikipedia

• Archimedes Palimpsest — The Archimedes Palimpsest is a palimpsest on parchment in the form of a codex which originally was a copy of an otherwise unknown work of the ancient mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse and other authors. Archimedes… …   Wikipedia

• Archimedes paradox — The Archimedes paradox, named after Archimedes of Syracuse, states that an object can float in a quantity of water that has less volume than the object itself, if its average density is less than that of water. The implication of this is that a… …   Wikipedia

• Archimedes' spiral —    Also known as Plateau s spiral. The eponym Archimedes spiral refers to the Greek mathematician and physicist Archimedes of Syracuse (297 212 BC). The eponym Plateau s spiral refers to the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau (18011883). Both… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Archimedes' Principle —    Archimedes (287 212 B.C.) was a legend during his lifetime. He was a brilliant mathematician and an inventor of the Archimedes screw, a machine for raising water. Although the lever had been in use long before Archimedes, he worked out the… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Archimedes' use of infinitesimals — is the first attested explicit use. The work with infinitesimals of the ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer from Syracuse is found in the celebrated Archimedes Palimpsest. The palimpsest includes Archimedes account of his… …   Wikipedia

• Archimedes — [är΄kə mē′dēz΄] 287? 212 B.C.; Gr. mathematician & inventor, born in Syracuse (Sicily) Archimedean [är΄kə mē′dē ən, är΄kə mi dē′ən] adj …   English World dictionary

• Archimedes — /ahr keuh mee deez/, n. 287? 212 B.C., Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever. * * * born с 290–280 BC, Syracuse, Sicily died 212/211 BC, Syracuse Legendary Greek inventor and… …   Universalium

• Archimedes — (287 bc–212bc) Greek mathematician Archimedes father was an astronomer and he himself inherited an interest in the subject. He was educated in Alexandria and spent most of the rest of his life in his birthplace, Syracuse, under the patronage of… …   Scientists

• Syracuse, Sicily — Infobox Settlement official name = Syracuse established title = Founded established date = 734 BC nickname = motto = website = http://www.comune.siracusa.it image seal size = 100px map caption = Location of the city of Syracuse (red dot) within… …   Wikipedia