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Archimedes was a mathematician, inventor, and astronomer who was one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time. He was famous for getting so absorbed in his studies, that he forgot about social conventions.
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Famously, he is said to have realised a principle of mathematics when he saw the displaced water after getting in the bath. So excited at realising the importance of this he shouted &#;Eureka&#; and rushed out into the street unclothed.
We cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is % true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries. His works were later rediscovered by both Arabic and Renaissance scientists who first replicated his results and then built on them.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse, a Greek city-state in Sicily.
He was educated at Alexandria, Egypt &#; famed for its knowledge and learning. He then returned to Syracuse where he became famed as both a mathematician, inventor, astronomer and phil