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Archimedes (other)
Archimedes was a celebrated mathematician and engineer of ancient Greece. Archimedes may also refer to: People Given name * Archimedes of Tralles, ancient Greek writer * Arquimedes Caminero (born 1987), Dominican baseball player * Archimedes Patti (1913–1998), American intelligence officer * Archimedes Robb (1814–1875), American politician from Pennsylvania * Archimedes Russell (1840–1915), American architect * Archimedes Trajano (1956–1977), Filipino torture victim * Arquimedez Pozo (born 1973), Dominican baseball player Other usages * Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833–1880), Union general officer during the American Civil War * Pseudo-Archimedes, pseudo-anonymous writers of the Islamic Golden Age Places * Archimedes (crater), an impact crater on the Moon * Archimedes Ridge, a ridge in Alaska, United States * Montes Archimedes, a mountain range on the Moon * 3600 Archimedes, an asteroid Organizations * Archimedes, Inc., an American healthcare modeling comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (;; ) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Considered the greatest mathematician of ancient history, and one of the greatest of all time,* * * * * * * * * * Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying the concept of the infinitely small and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems. These include the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere, the area of an ellipse, the area under a parabola, the volume of a segment of a paraboloid of revolution, the volume of a segment of a hyperboloid of revolution, and the area of a spiral. Heath, Thomas L. 1897. ''Works of Archimedes''. Archimedes' other mathematical achievements include deriving an approximation of pi, defining and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Once And Future King
''The Once and Future King'' is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work '' Le Morte d'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958 as a collection of shorter novels published from 1938 to 1940, with some new or amended material. The title refers to a legend that Arthur will one day return as king. Summary Most of the book takes place in "Gramarye", the name that White gives to Britain, and chronicles the youth and education of King Arthur, his rule as a king, and the romance between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Arthur is supposed to have lived in the 5th and 6th centuries, but the book is set around the 14th century. Arthur is portrayed as an Anglo-Norman rather than a Briton; White refers to the actual monarchs of that period as "mythical". The book ends immediately before Arthur's final battle against his illegitimate son Mordred. White acknowledged that his book's source ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archimedes (bryozoan)
''Archimedes'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Fenestellidae. The first use of the term "Archimedes" in relation to this genus was in 1838. Etymology This genus of bryozoans is named ''Archimedes'' because of its corkscrew shape, in analogy to the Archimedes' screw, a type of water pump which inspired modern ship propellers in turn named after the ancient greek polymath. These forms are common as fossils but they have been extinct since the Permian. Species *''Archimedes orientalis'' Schulga-Nesterenko 1936 *''Archimedes regina'' Crockford 1947 *''Archimedes stuckenbergi ''Nikiforova 1938 Fossil range These bryozoans lived from the Carboniferous period (Tournaisian age) to the Permian period (Leonard age) (345.3 to 268.0 Ma), when this genus became extinct.Sepkoski, JacSepkoski's Online Genus Database - Bryozoa/ref> Description ''Archimedes'' is a genus of fenestrate bryozoans with a calcified skeleton of a delicate spiral-shaped mesh that was thickened ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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