ARCHIMEDES

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ARCHIMEDES

• Born 287B.C.? - 212B.C.
• Discoverer of Pi

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Life

• Archimedes was born in Syracuse, the biggest
  establishment in Sicily. He probably studied in
  Alexandria, Egypt. There he studied with the
  disciples of Euclid, and spent the rest of his
  life in Syracuse.

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Inventions The Lever

• Archimedes defined the principle of the lever and
  is credited with inventing the compound pulley.

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InventionsThe Screw

• The screw is one of the many inventions of
  Archimedes life. We still use the screw to
  build, hold things together, and even unearth
  things.

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Death

• Nobody really knows how Archimedes died, but
  there are many versions of his death.
• One version his death was that he was drawing in
  the sand and a soldier killed him because
  Archimedes yelled at him.

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Bibliography

• Archimedes. http//www.terraworld.net/users/d/de
  vans/Archimed.htm. (May 5, 1998).
• World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 1.