Archimedes: Innovative Mathematician, Engineer, and Inventor

Archimedes: Innovative Mathematician, Engineer, and Inventor
ISBN-10
1499461259
ISBN-13
9781499461251
Series
Archimedes
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
112
Language
English
Published
2015-07-15
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Authors
Heather Hasan, Viola Jones

Description

Known as the Father of Mathematics, Archimedes was the most important mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. Many of the inventions he created as solutions to problems presented to him by King Hiero II are still in use today. Accomplished in both theoretical and practical mathematics, Archimedes is best known for mechanical inventions like Archimedes' screw, the Claw of Archimedes, and the heat ray as a weapon, as well as his discoveries using water displacement and buoyancy. But his contributions to pure mathematics, such as his approximation of pi, laid the groundwork for modern calculus.

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