Sowing Seeds of Greatness- Mathematician: Archimedes

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Sowing Seeds of Greatness- Mathematician: Archimedes

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Archimedes

Archimedes Thoughtfully

by Felli (1620)

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, philosopher, engineer and more. Hw was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 287 BC.

Biographies:

Archimedes of Syracuse: http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Mathematicians/Archimedes.html

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

Notable Biographies- http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Archimedes.html

Works:

http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html