Archimedes was born in the year 298B.C in Syracuse Sicily.

Archimedes was a great mathematician and his greatest contribution was in geometry. In Egypt, he invented a machine and it was a mechanical water pump called Archimedes’ screw. He also calculated the “Measurement of the Circle”. He figured out that the pi was a value between two numbers, 3 10/17 and 3 1/7. He used a circle and inscribed it into a 96-sided regular polygon. He also invented a lot of useful math equations such as measurement on the sphere, cylinder, on spirals and the sand reckoned. The pulley gave him great fame among other mathematicians. He started the idea of “calculus” but Sir Isaac Newton invented it and Gottfried won Leibniz 2000 years later. An interesting fact is that after Archimedes proved the relationship between the volume of a sphere is two thirds of the cylinder, he inscribed it onto his tomb. In the geometry, he discovered the center of gravity of plane figures. There were two books written by the mathematician himself. One of them was about parallelogram, a triangle and a trapezium. The second one was about the gravity of a segment of a parabola. In Rome, Archimedes used experiment to discover exponents or powers. He used this to calculate the number of sands in the universe and then he multiplied the numbers by themselves. His next greatest discover was solving King Hieron’s gold crown and see if it was pure gold. He got ideas from a bathtub and ran out and yelled a word that became famous, “Eureka!” He solved the King’s problem using the metal’s densities and volume in water.

He died in 212BC in his hometown. That year, the Romans came to attack them. Archimedes defended his city using machines he invented and won the war. However, some Romans re-entered the city and a soldier killed Archimedes when he was trying to solve a problem.

Archimedes was an intelligent man and helped many people in the past and present. Many of the inventions were useful to us and in school, students learned his concepts to understand math. His ideas will be remembered and pass onto the future.