9 Sept 2008

Archimedes

Archimedes
Archimedes (287-212 bc), pre-eminent Greek mathematicianIn mechanics, Archimedes defined the principle of the lever and is credited with inventing the compound pulley.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse, Sicily.

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aristotle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle

he was another philosipher

he was plato's student

plato

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

Plato lived from 427-347BC. He was also a great philosipher. His teacher was Socrates, his student was Aristotle.

Socrates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Socrates lived from 470-399BC. He was a great philosipher. He taught Plato.

pythagorus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorus

Pythagoras was born in Samos sometime between 580 and 572BC and died sometime between 500 and 490BC. He was a great mathematician. He discovered that in a right angled triangle the 2 short sides when squared and added create the square of the hypotenuse.

archimedes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes

Archimedes was a greek mathematician born in Syracuse, he lived from 287-212BC. He made many mathematical discoveries such as working out how calculate the volume of a sphere. He also invented many things such as a big claw to get rid of romans, he also supposedly put lots of mirrors together to reflect the sun's rays onto a single point so as to burn roman ships but has never been proven.