I leave you the best phrases of Archimedes (287 BC-212 BC), one of the great mathematicians of antiquity and history. He was also a physicist, engineer, inventor, astronomer, and mathematician.
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Before the sentences, did you know these curiosities?
- He studied in Alexandria, where he was surprised by his genius and his ability to communicate and a humor that caused him various problems.
- In 1935 it was decided in his honor to name a lunar crater (29.7 ° N, 4.0 ° W) located in the eastern zone of Mare Imbrium "Archimedes". Also named after him are the lunar range "Archimedes Mountains" (25.3 ° N, 4.6 ° W) and the asteroid 3600 Archimedes (3600 Archimedes).
- He contributed strongly in physics and in the war area: his machines were used in the Punic wars. Among the inventions –which helped the city to withstand 3 years- the catapult, a metal claw dedicated to sinking ships (based on pulleys and levers) and a system of concave mirrors that sought to burn ships by reflecting sunlight stand out.
- As a result of his great capacity for concentration and immersion in his projects, Archimedes had ignored the assault that the Roman troops carried out on the city of Syracuse, where he lived, and that distraction cost him his life.
- He was killed by a Roman soldier; he stepped on his diagrams, Archimedes warned him, and the soldier, offended, killed him. His last words were "get away from my plans."
- Archimedes has appeared on stamp issues from East Germany (1973), Greece (1983), Italy (1983), Nicaragua (1971), San Marino (1982), and Spain (1963)
- The exclamation Eureka !, attributed to Archimedes, is the motto of the state of California.
1-He who tried and did not succeed is superior to the one who did not try.
2-The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
3-He who knows how to speak also knows when to shut up.
4-A look back is worth more than a look forward.
5-The game is a fundamental condition to be serious.
6-Dreams are the hopes of fools.
7-Give me a point of support and I will move the world.
8-Who knows what to do, also knows when.
9-The magnitudes are in equilibrium at distances reciprocally proportional to their weights.
10-Every body immersed in a liquid experiences a vertical and upward thrust equal to the weight of liquid dislodged.
11-Eureka!