Roman Empire and Archimedes
ARCHIMEDES Archimedes, Archimedes was a famous Greek scientist. He also was a mathematician, inventor, and physicist. He was born about 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily, in Greece. He grew up in Syracuse. He was also a famous inventor. As a scientist, he also was mathematician, astronomer, poet, artist, musician, politician, and kind of like a general.
Archimedes was related to his king. He was related to his king because they were friends. He had a good education. He studied poetry, politics, astronomy, mathematics, music, art, and military tactics. Archimedes went to Egypt to study in Alexandria. He also went to a famous school, founded by the mathematician Euclid. He studied astronomy, physics, and math with other famous people. His teacher was Conan of Samos. Conan was Archimedes’s greatest influence. Archimedes was very smart. He studied poetry, politics, astronomy, mathematics, music, art, and military tactics. He learned these at schools. He learned math at Euclid’s school. He learned the others while at Egypt. What he studied was important. Politics were for other countries. Astronomy was for telling dates. Math was for his death heat ray for example; he needed to find the correct angle. Military tactics were for the Punic Wars happening at that time. Archimedes had to protect his city from the Romans, and Carthage. These studies came into play often. At his time, he invented a lot of objects. He created a perfect sphere and almost found the approximate value of pi (π) which is in the Greek alphabet. He made a death heat ray, which used sunlight to burn ships, and used a grabber crane that picked up ships, and made it sink. These are good for wars. He also invented the formula for an area of a circle (). He also found the area of a sphere.
He also made more inventions. He made a screw for water that brings it uphill, and is used in Egypt for irrigation. He also invented the well-known and used lever. He said during 230 B.C, “Give me a
Archimedes was related to his king. He was related to his king because they were friends. He had a good education. He studied poetry, politics, astronomy, mathematics, music, art, and military tactics. Archimedes went to Egypt to study in Alexandria. He also went to a famous school, founded by the mathematician Euclid. He studied astronomy, physics, and math with other famous people. His teacher was Conan of Samos. Conan was Archimedes’s greatest influence. Archimedes was very smart. He studied poetry, politics, astronomy, mathematics, music, art, and military tactics. He learned these at schools. He learned math at Euclid’s school. He learned the others while at Egypt. What he studied was important. Politics were for other countries. Astronomy was for telling dates. Math was for his death heat ray for example; he needed to find the correct angle. Military tactics were for the Punic Wars happening at that time. Archimedes had to protect his city from the Romans, and Carthage. These studies came into play often. At his time, he invented a lot of objects. He created a perfect sphere and almost found the approximate value of pi (π) which is in the Greek alphabet. He made a death heat ray, which used sunlight to burn ships, and used a grabber crane that picked up ships, and made it sink. These are good for wars. He also invented the formula for an area of a circle (). He also found the area of a sphere.
He also made more inventions. He made a screw for water that brings it uphill, and is used in Egypt for irrigation. He also invented the well-known and used lever. He said during 230 B.C, “Give me a
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