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The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
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The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
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The Great Archimedes
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The Great Archimedes
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The Works of Archimedes
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Archimedes
Archimedes
He was the most famous mathematician and inventor of ancient Greece. He was born in in Syracuse, Sicily, in 287 BC, where he spent most of his life. He did, however, attend Euclid's school in Alexandria, Egypt, which was one of the biggest cities of the time. The translation of many of Archimedes' works in the sixteenth century contributed greatly to the spread of knowledge of them, and influenced the work of the foremost mathematicians and physicists of the next century.
(287- 212 BC)



Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
~ Archimedes
Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.
~ Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
~ Archimedes
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
~ Archimedes

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The Greek philosopher and logician (one who studies logic or reason) Socrates was an important influence on Plato (427-347 B.C.E. ) and had a major effect on ancient philosophy. Socrates was famous for his method of argumentation and his works often made as many enemies as admirers within Athens. Cicero said that "Socrates brought down philosophy from the heavens to the earth." Socrates appears to have lived the humblest life. He bought the cheapest food and drink, had no shirt or shoes, and wore the same cloak summer and winter. But this gave him independence to do as he wished, and what he wished was to help himself and others come to greater knowledge and peace of mind. (469 B.C.E. - c. 399 B.C.E.)
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