Archimedes of Syracuse
A brilliant ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, known for his work on buoyancy and levers.
Quotes by Archimedes of Syracuse
Parabolas are produced by the motion of projectiles.
The area of a parabolic segment is four-thirds the area of the inscribed triangle.
Man has discovered fire, the wheel, and various instruments; but the lever gives him power over the world.
In the spiral, the distance from the origin increases uniformly.
The tangent to a spiral at any point is determined by the line from the origin to that point.
The method of exhaustion allows us to find areas and volumes by approximation.
By mechanical means, we can discover the principles that geometry proves.
The heavens are so vast that they could contain myriads upon myriads of worlds like ours.
Numbers greater than the grains of sand in the universe can be reckoned.
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is constant.
The area of a circle is equal to that of a right-angled triangle with one leg equal to the radius and the other to the circumference.
Water rises to the level of its source.
Equilibrium is achieved when moments balance.
The center of gravity of a parallelogram is at its center.
A crown of gold alloyed with silver can be detected by displacement.
The path of a body falling under gravity is a parabola.
Geometry is the mother of the sciences.
In numbers, we find the harmony of the cosmos.
The sphere is the most perfect of all solids.
Cylinders and cones can be exhausted to find their volumes.