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1. Archimedes from FOLDOC
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- Acorn Archimedes ==>.
- Archimedes.
- The Archimedes, launched in June 1987, was the first RISC based personal computer (predating Apple Computer's Power Mac by some seven years). ...
- The Archimedes was designed as the successor to Acorn's sucessful BBC Microcomputer series and includes some backward compatibility and a 6502 emulator. ...
- There have been several series of Archimedes: A300, A400, A3000, A5000, A4000 and RISC PC. ...
- Nearby terms: Arcade « ArchBSD « archie « Archimedes » architecture » Architecture Neutral Distribution Format » archive .
2. Archimedes of Syracuse (ca. 287-ca. 212 BC) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
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- Archimedes of Syracuse (ca. ...
- Archimedes performed numerous geometric proofs using the rigid geometric formalism outlined by Euclid, excelling especially at computing areas and volumes using the method of exhaustion. ... In fact, it is often said that Archimedes would have invented calculus if the Greeks had only possessed a more tractable mathematical notation. ...
- Archimedes was also an outstanding engineer, formulating Archimedes' principle of buoyancy and the law of the lever. Legend has it that Archimedes discovered his principle of buoyancy, which states that the buoyancy force is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced, while taking a bath, upon which he is supposed to have run naked through the streets of Syracuse shouting "Eureka!" (I have found it). Archimedes is also purported to have invented the Archimedean screw. Some of Archimedes's geometric proofs were actually motivated by mechanical arguments which led him to the correct answer. ... When the Romans finally broke the siege, Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier after snapping at him "Don't disturb my circles," a reference to a geometric figure he had outlined on the sand. ...
- "Modern Minds in Ancient Bodies: Zeno, Eudoxus, Archimedes. ...
- Archimedes. ...
- "Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area. ...
- The Works of Archimedes. ...
- "Archimedes. ... edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents. ...
- Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka? Washington, DC: Amer. ...
3. archmede.HTM
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- The King of Syracuse appointed a mathematician named Archimedes to organize the defense of the city.
- Archimedes was seventy-five years old, and so absent-minded that, when engrossed in some problem in geometry, he would forget to bathe for days at a time, until his friends finally dragged him by force to the public baths. To defend Syracuse, Archimedes invented various mechanical weapons, which he mounted on the walls surrounding the city.
- According to Plutarch, the Greek historian, "When Archimedes began to operate his machines, he shot against the Romans all sorts of darts and immense masses of stone. ...
- According to Plutarch, "Archimedes's machines powered huge poles that thrust out from the walls at the Roman ships. ...
- Marcellus, mulling over his defeat, decided that the decisive factor in the battle had been the long-range effectiveness of Archimedes's missile-throwing machines, which had struck the Roman soldiers when they were still far away from the wall of Syracuse. Since Archimedes had evidently designed his apparatus to fight from a great distance, Marcellus suspected that the machines might be less dangerous at close range.
- They thought that Archimedes's machines were set to fire only at long range, so the soldiers would now be under the shot, and the darts would fly harmlessly over their heads. ...
- Archimedes, however, had concealed booby traps in small openings in the outside of the wall. ...
- According to Plutarch, "Such a terror seized the Romans that if they saw just a little rope or piece of wood projecting over the wall, they instantly turned their backs and fled, shouting, There it is again! Archimedes is aiming some machine at us!" Another Roman historian reported that Marcellus and his men were most intimidated by a parabolic mirror of polished metal, which Archimedes set up atop the wall of Syracuse. With this mirror Archimedes focused the sun's rays on Roman ships, setting them afire.
- During the feast of Diana, when the Syracusans "were given up to wine and sport," Marcellus led a handful of Roman commandos to the damaged section of wall that was not defended by Archimedes's machines. ...
- As the victorious Romans began looting, Marcellus gave orders that Archimedes was not to be killed. Marcellus wanted to claim Archimedes as his personal captive.
- According to Plutarch, "As fate would have it, Archimedes was at that moment intent on working out some problem in geometry by a diagram. Having fixed his eyes and his mind alike on the diagram, Archimedes never noticed the incursion of the Romans, or that the city was taken. While he was lost in this transport of study and contemplation, a Roman soldier came upon him, and commanded Archimedes to follow him to Marcellus. When Archimedes refused to obey until he had worked out his problem, the soldier, enraged, drew his sword and ran him through. ...
4. Google Directory - Kids and Teens > School Time > Math > Mathematicians > Archimedes
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- Kids and Teens > School Time > Math > Mathematicians > Archimedes Go to Directory Home .
- Archimedes - http://www. ... edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents. ...
- Archimedes of Syracuse: The Father of Buoyancy - http://www. ...
- Archimedes of Syracuse - http://www-history. ... uk/history/Mathematicians/Archimedes. ...
- Archimedes - http://tqjunior. ... org/4116/History/archimedes. ...
- Encarta: Archimedes - http://encarta. ...
5. Archimedes
- www.seaford.k12.ny.us
- Archimedes of Syracuse.
- Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily. ... As a youth, Archimedes spent some time in Egypt studying. ... Archimedes' mechanical skill combined with his theoretical knowledge enabled him to construct many ingenious devices. ... His most famous invention is called the Archimedes' screw which is still used in some parts of the world today.
- Archimedes most major contributions were in geometry. ...
- Archimedes also discovered fundamental theorems concerning the center of gravity of plane figures and solids. His most famous theorem gives the weight of a body immersed in a liquid, called Archimedes' principal. However, the Axiom of Archimedes has an influence on the mathematicians of the last century. ...
- Archimedes also compared the universe to the sand. ...
- Archimedes mathematical and mechanical skills were used in 212 BC (Second Punic War). Archimedes was pondering over mathematics even while the city was under siege by the Romans. ...
- ' The death of Archimedes at the hands of a Roman soldier is symbolic of world .
6. 'Archimedes'
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- Issue 21 September 2002 Contents Features Safety in numbers Beyond reasonable doubt Tying it all up Blast it like Beckham? Career interview Career interview: Games developer Regulars Plus puzzle Pluschat Mystery mix Reviews 'The Queen's Conjuror' 'Archimedes' 'Mathematical reflections and vistas' 'How long is a piece of string?' News from September 2002 All the latest news Subscribe to our free newsletter Highlight the maths in this page (More info) Get your own copy of all the Plus posters! September 2002 Reviews 'Archimedes' .
- Archimedes: What did he do besides cry eureka?.
- Before that, like most of us, he didn't know where Archimedes' reputation as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time had come from - and now he wants us to know too. ...
- The book is for the most part an exposition of what Stein feels were Archimedes' most amazing achievements. ...
- In the introduction, Stein says that when approaching each topic, he asked himself "What mathematics lies at the core of this argument, what timeless gem that transcends the quirks and fashions of the times?" He doesn't always use Archimedes' original arguments, some of which depend on mathematics never taught today either in school or university. ... But often he follows Archimedes' original line of reasoning, with modern notation. ...
- There are plenty of useful diagrams, and the pace is fairly gentle, and developed with frequent explanations of the thinking of the Archimedes' time. ...
- You may have heard that Archimedes was the first person to estimate pi. ... One of Archimedes' strengths as a mathematician was his ability to attack problems in two quite different ways, using both physical and geometric arguments. ...
- Of all the works of Archimedes, the one that impressed Stein the most was the development of the theory of the stability of an object floating on water. "In this work, where Archimedes single-handedly initiates the discipline of naval architecture, we see a masterly application of pure mathematics and physical intuition. ...
- Stein says he hopes the reader "will be as amazed as I by how much Archimedes accomplished with the limited tools at his disposal some 22 centuries ago. ... Book details: Archimedes: What did he do besides cry eureka? Sherman Stein paperback - 166 pages (1999) Mathematical Association of America ISBN: 0883857189 Printer friendly version.
7. Archimedes' Principle
- departments.weber.edu
- Archimedes' Principle.
- Archimedes' Principle explains why steel ships float.
8. Archimedes - Mathematics and the Liberal Arts
- math.truman.edu
- Archimedes - Mathematics and the Liberal Arts .
- To refine search, see subtopic Archimedes' Method. ...
- Uses Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss as examples. Archimedes did so much applied work that it is hard to see how he fits Plutarch's description of considering mechanical work ignoble and inferior. ...
- These appear very much like the spirals of Archimedes, but often interlace two or more such spirals. Although the easiest way to construct a spiral similar to the spiral of Archimedes may be to use sets of concentric semicircles (or other segments of circles) offset with respect to one another, the author believes that the Maoris didn't use this technique. "In Spirals of Archimedes, and, it seems, in Maori spirals, there is a gradual, rather than an abrupt, change in curvature. ... " The author concludes with a note that the spiral of Archimedes should perhaps have a Maori name instead. ...
- Palter attacks claims by Cheikh Anta Diop (see Civilization or barbarism: An authentic anthropology) that Archimedes stole some of his most famous mathematics from the Egyptians. ...
- He discusses the some similarities and differences in the work on the sphere in Greece (Archimedes, with a very brief account of the application of his Method), and in Chinese (first in the Chiu Chang Suan Shu, improved by Liu Hui or perhaps Tsu Ch'ung-Chih, and then further improved by the Tsu Ch'ung-Chih's son Tsu Keng-Chih). ... Closely related topics: The Sphere, The Circle, The Pythagoreans, China, The Chiu Chang Suan Shu (Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art), Sumerians and Babylonians, The Sulvasutras, Archimedes' Method, The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, Heron, and Abraham Seidenberg. ...
- The Method of Archimedes. ... Shows how Archimedes used his Method to discover the formula for the volume of a sphere. (Of course Archimedes also gave a rigorous proof using Eudoxus' Method of Exhaustion. ) Closely related topics: Archimedes' Method, The Measurement of Area and Volume, and The Sphere. ...
9. Archimedes Systems
- www.archimedes.com
- Archimedes Systems Announces Mutual Fund Expense Analyzer .
- Archimedes Systems Announces Retirement Planner Enhancements .
- Archimedes partners with 529 Solutions to provide decision-making tools to BISYS clients.
- Archimedes and 529 Solutions announce joint marketing agreement.
- Archimedes retained to build and operate Personalized Retirement Evaluation Program announced by American Express Retirement Services .
- Wells Fargo offers Archimedes Retirement Planning Tool.
- Archimedes enables companies to leverage personalized financial analysis tools and variable data output to achieve improved communications and increased sales.
- © 2003 by Archimedes Systems, Inc.
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10. Archimedes
- directory.fsf.org
- Top > All GNU Packages > Archimedes.
- Archimedes - Software for designing and simulating submicron semiconductor devices.
- Archimedes helps users to design and simulate submicron semiconductor devices. ... The description of the device is very general and made by means of a simple script language, which makes GNU/Archimedes a powerful tool for the simulation of quite general 2D semiconductor devices. ...
- org/software/archimedes/.
- org/gnu/archimedes/archimedes-0. ...
- org/gnu/archimedes/.
- <bug-archimedes@gnu. org> <bug-archimedes-request@gnu. ...
11. Archimedes Algorithm -- from MathWorld
- mathworld.wolfram.com
- Archimedes Algorithm.
- Successive application of Archimedes' recurrence formula gives the Archimedes algorithm, which can be used to provide successive approximations to (pi). ... Archimedes obtained the first rigorous approximation of by circumscribing and inscribing -gons on a circle. From Archimedes' recurrence formula, the circumferences a and b of the circumscribed and inscribed polygons are .
- The first iteration of Archimedes' recurrence formula then gives .
- By taking k = 4 (a 96-gon) and using strict inequalities to convert irrational bounds to rational bounds at each step, Archimedes obtained the slightly looser result .
- "Archimedes in the Complex Plane. ...
- "Archimedes Algorithm. ...
12. The Legacy of Archimedes
- www.lix.polytechnique.fr
- The Legacy of Archimedes (287-212 B. ...
- Heiberg's definitive edition, Archimedes, ``Opera Omnia,'' with commentary by Eutocius, edited by I. ...
- Why study the works of Archimedes? .
- So why spend time looking at the works of Archimedes when you should really be spending your time writing papers so you can finally get that job you always wanted? Here are my answers: .
- This is most clear in Archimedes' amazing paper The Sand Reckoner (see the Greek original ). ...
- Much has been written about the life of Archimedes but few details are actually known. ... '' The reference is to the estimate given by Pheidias that the sun is 12 times larger than the moon, so this would imply that Archimedes' father was an astronomer. ...
- This clearly implies that the name Archimedes is a pseudonym, thus much less is known about him than can be believed. ...
- Nevertheless, the cultural impact of Archimedes is impressive. ...
- The 1998 movie gave the first known mention of Archimedes' wife. ...
- Thus, one of the character recounts the story that when Archimedes was stuck trying to analyze the contents of the golden wreath, his wife convinced him to relax by taking a bath, which led him to make his discovery about the principle of floating bodies. ...
- The problem with this design is that it is completely contradictory to the legacy of Archimedes. In the first place, the evidence as given in Plutarch indicates exactly how Archimedes wanted to be remembered .
- The tomb of Archimedes: .
- The situation in Syracuse has not changed very much since Cicero: The courtyard of the Hotel Panorama in Syracuse which claims to be the site of Archimedes tomb. ... Simms, ``The Trail for Archimedes's Tomb,'' Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institute #53 (1990), 282--286. ...
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