Fact 1
Archimedes was born in 287 BC in the Greek city-state of Syracuse on the island of Sicily.
Fact 2
He was sent to Alexandria, Egypt to receive his education. His major interests besides math and science included politics, poetry, astronomy, art, military tactics and music.
Fact 3
Archimedes grew up to be a great scientist under the guidance of two of the greatest scholars and mathematicians of the time, Conon of Samos and Eratosthenes of Cyrene.
is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States.
was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt.
was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece.
Egypt is a country located in North Africa,
Was a very famous Greek mathematician.
Was a British scientist who made significant contributions to the fields of electrochemistry electro-magnetism.
was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
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Was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields.