Archimedes
Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracusewas an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Generally considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying concepts of infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems, including the area of a circle, the...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionMathematician
running jumping discovery
Eureka! Eureka! Supposed to have been his cry, jumping naked from his bath and running in the streets, excited by a discovery about water displacement to solve a problem about the purity of a gold crown.
may impossible produce
Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
moving science long
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
men incredibles mathematics
There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.
discovery gold tests
Eureka! [I have found it!] On discovery of a method to test the purity of gold.
distance weight equilibrium
Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.
opposites two triangles
It follows at once from the last proposition that the centre of gravity of any triangle is at the intersection of the lines drawn from any two angles to the middle points of the opposite sides respectively.
men past reverse
Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can't learn history in reverse!
world rise-above oneself
Rise above oneself and grasp the world.
graduation determination moving
Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
secret mathematics pure-love
Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
distance points shortest straight
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
move shall wisdom
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.