Archimedes
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Archimedes' other mathematical achievements include deriving an approximation of pi, defining and investigating the Archimedean spiral, and devising a system using exponentiation for expressing very large numbers. He was also one of the first to apply mathematics to physical phenomena, working on statics and hydrostatics. Archimedes' achievements in this area include a proof of the law of the lever, the widespread use of the concept of center of gravity, and the enunciation of the law of buoyancy known as Archimedes' principle. He is also credited with designing innovative machines, such as his screw pump, compound pulleys, and defensive war machines to protect his native Syracuse from invasion.
Archimedes died during the siege of Syracuse, when he was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed. Cicero describes visiting Archimedes' tomb, which was surmounted by a sphere and a cylinder that Archimedes requested be placed there to represent his mathematical discoveries.
Unlike his inventions, Archimedes' mathematical writings were little known in antiquity. Mathematicians from Alexandria read and quoted him, but the first comprehensive compilation was not made until AD}} by Isidore of Miletus in Byzantine Constantinople, while commentaries on the works of Archimedes by Eutocius in the 6th century opened them to wider readership for the first time. The relatively few copies of Archimedes' written work that survived through the Middle Ages were an influential source of ideas for scientists during the Renaissance and again in the 17th century, while the discovery in 1906 of previously lost works by Archimedes in the Archimedes Palimpsest has provided new insights into how he obtained mathematical results. Provided by Wikipedia
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Works of archimedes : the two books on the sphere and the cylinder. by Archimedes
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Archimēdous panta sōzomena. = Archimedis opera quae extant. : Novis demonstrationibvs commentariisqve illvstrata. / by Archimedes
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[Archimedous Tou Surakousiou Ta mechri nūn sozómena, ʻápanta (romanized form)] Archimedis Syracvsani Opera quæ quidem extant, omnia : multis iam seculis desiderata, adesiderata, at... by Archimedes
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Opera omnia, cum commentariis Eutocii. by Archimedes
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The works of Archimedes : edited in modern notation with introductory chapters / by Archimedes
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Geometrical solutions derived from mechanics : a treatise of Archimedes / by Archimedes
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The works of Archimedes : translated into English, together with Eutocius' commentaries, with commentary, and critical edition of the diagrams / by Archimedes
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Le livre d'Archimede des pois qvi avssi est dict des choses tombantes en l'hvmide by Archimedes
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Archimedis Opera ; Apollonii Pergæi Conicorum libri IIII ; Theodosii Sphærica by Archimedes
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Archimedis Opera non nvlla by Archimedes
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Archimedis Opera cyclometricvs, stereometria nova, novaqve parabolae quadratura / by Archimedes
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Le premier livre d'Archimede des choses egallement pesantes by Archimedes
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[Archimedous tou Surakousiou Psammítes kai Kúklou métresis Eutokiou Askalonitou, ei̓s au̓tem hupomnema (romanized form)] = Archimedis Syracusani Arenarius, et Dimensio circuli : Eu... by Archimedes
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Guidiubaldi è Marchionibus Montis in duos Archimedis aequeponderantium libros paraphrasis scholijs illustrata by Archimedes
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Oeuvres d'Archimède by Archimedes
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Archimedis De insidentibvs aqvæ by Archimedes
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Archimedes : opera omnia cvm commentariis evtocii. Vol. II / by Archimedes
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Opera omnia, cum commentariis Eutocii / by Archimedes
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Archimedis Opera ; Apollonii Pergæi Conicorum libri IIII ; Theodosii Sphærica by Archimedes
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Archiméde des theóremes méchaniques, ou, de la méthode (ephodiques) by Archimedes
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