The Life and Contributions of Archimedes (449 words, 2 pages)
Archimedes Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, a Greek seaport colony in Sicily.Archimedes' father was Phidias. He was an astronomer this is all we knowabout his father and we learn this from Archimedes' work, The Sandreckoner.Archimedes was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. Archimedes' friend, Heracleides,wrote a biography about him, ...
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