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His lasting discoveries gave him much credit all throughout history, having awards, medals, and even moon craters in his name. he was praised by Galileo - who even referred to him as superhuman. he lives on in history as the most famous mathematician/ engineer in Ancient Greece.

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Much of the life of Archimedes is a mystery, though it is said that he may have studied and gotten his education in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Archimedes was born, lived, and died in the city of Syracuse, Sicily, located in Southern Italy.

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The Screw was invented after the King asked Archimedes to design a huge ship. The screw/pump was developed to remove water from the hull of the gigantic ship.

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buoyancy force = (density of fluid - density of object)(acceleration due to gravity)(volume of displaced fluid)
F = pgV

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states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces and acts in the upward direction at the center of mass of the displaced fluid.

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Archimedes is most well known for... you guessed it! Archimedes' Principle. He also proved many mathematical theorems, and made a quite accurate estimate of pi. He invented multiple tools to improve life in his home city of Syracuse, such as the Archimedes' Screw