287-212 BCE, Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and astronomer from Syracuse

principle of buoyancy (Archimedes' principle): a body immersed in fluid experiences upward force equal to the weight of displaced fluid

lever principle: "give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth," formalizing mechanical advantage

approximated pi between 3+10/71 and 3+1/7 using inscribed and circumscribed 96-sided polygons

method of exhaustion: precursor to integral calculus, computing areas and volumes of curved shapes

invented the Archimedes screw for water lifting, compound pulleys, and defensive war machines

The Method: revealed his heuristic approach of slicing figures into infinitesimal strips, anticipating infinitesimal calculus by nearly two millennia

greatest mathematician and engineer of antiquity

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