“Do Not Disturb My Circles!” – a quote by Archimedes of who lived in Syracuse (ancient Rome) from 287 BC to 212 BC.
Archimedes is considered to be one the greatest mathematician of antiquity and perhaps the greatest of all time. He founded hydrostatics – back then a new field of physics. Famously he explanation of the principle of the lever. (“Give me a lever long enough and … I shall move the world.”) Furthermore, Archimedes is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege engines and the screw pump. He was credited with conceiving the formulae for volumes and surfaces. Archimedes had proven that the sphere has two thirds of the volume and surface area of the cylinder. He also gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi.
In 212 BC Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier.
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