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The Work of Archimedes By: Nick Witt. Archimedes ’ Life 287-212 B.C. Syracuse (Sicily) Studied in Alexandria Appointed Military Advisor of King Hiero.

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1 The Work of Archimedes By: Nick Witt

2 Archimedes ’ Life 287-212 B.C. Syracuse (Sicily) Studied in Alexandria Appointed Military Advisor of King Hiero II Killed by Romans during siege of Syracuse Archimedes’ Screw Archimedes’ Claw

3 Archimedes’ Works On the Sphere and the Circle On the Measurement of the Circle The Method The Sand Reckoner Others

4 Measurement of the Circle

5 The Method Volume of a Sphere = (4/3)*pi*r^3

6 Miscellaneous Works Archimedean Polyhedra Archimedean Spiral -The Cattle Problem: answer contains 206,545 digits


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