The date of his birth is based on an assertion by the Byzantine Greek historian John Tzetzes that he lived for seventy-five years. In The Sand Reckoner Archimedes gives his father's name as Phidias, an astronomer about whom nothing is known. Plutarch wrote that Archimedes was related to ...
Archimedes (Αρχιμδη) was born in 287 BC, the son of the astronomer Pheidias, in the port city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. The date of his birth can be deduced from a report by the Byzantine historian Johannes Tzetzes, who noted that Archimedes was 75 years old. His ...
It is believed Archimedes was born 287 BC in Syracuse in Sicily, but we don't know his exact birth date. Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier when the Romans were conquering Syracuse. Archimedes didn't invent the simple machine called the lever, but he helped explain how the lever wor...
The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions, the highest maternal and infant mortality, and among the highest suicide rates. The U.S. has the highest rate of people with multiple chronic conditions and an obesity rate nearly...