Archimedes, born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily, is renowned for his exceptional contributions as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Born to an astronomer father, Phidias and possibly related to King Hiero II, Archimedes traveled to Alexandria, Egypt, to pursue his mathematical studies.
As one of history’s greatest mathematicians, he assisted King Hiero II in various predicaments using his innovative inventions.
One such instance involved confirming the purity of a gold crown where Archimedes developed a method of calculating density using the principle of water displacement, a discovery made while bathing.
This later came to be known as Archimedes’ principle. Another prominent invention was the Archimedes’ Screw, a device for lifting water to higher levels, initially utilized for draining leaking ships and still used today for irrigation purposes.
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In the face of a Roman attack on Syracuse, Archimedes used his genius to devise defensive inventions like the Claw of Archimedes and the controversial heat ray.
Beyond inventions, his true passion lay in mathematics, making notable advancements in geometry and calculus and accurately calculating the value of pi.
Despite his contributions, Archimedes met a tragic end in 212 BC when a Roman soldier killed him.
His legacy lives on through his work and the Fields Medal, awarded annually to outstanding mathematicians, bearing his image.
Let’s go through the best quotes from Archimedes.
Best Archimedes Quotes
1. “Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” ~ (Archimedes).
2. “Rise above oneself and grasp the world.” ~ (Archimedes).
3. “Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.” ~ (Archimedes).
4. “Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.” ~ (Archimedes).
5. “Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse!” ~ (Archimedes).
Popular Archimedes Quotes
8. “The center of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.” ~ (Archimedes).
6. “The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.” ~ (Archimedes).
7. “There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.” ~ (Archimedes).
9. “Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.” ~ (Archimedes).
10. “Having been the discoverer of many splendid things, he is said to have asked his friends and relations that, after his death, they should place on his tomb a cylinder enclosing a sphere, writing on it the proportion of the containing solid to that which is contained.” ~ (Archimedes).
11. “The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth.” ~ (Archimedes).
12. “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.” ~ (Archimedes).
13. “Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.” ~ (Archimedes).
14. “The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater.” ~ (Archimedes).
15. “How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!” ~ (Archimedes).
Top Archimedes Quotes
16. “Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.” ~ (Archimedes).
17. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ~ (Archimedes).
18. “Give me a place to stand, a lever long enough and a fulcrum. and I can move the Earth.” ~ (Archimedes).
19. “Give me a place outside the earth on which to rest my lever, and I will move the world. By Archimedes.” ~ (Archimedes).
20. “Fellow, stand away from my diagram.” ~ (Archimedes).
21. “Eureka! (I have found it!)” ~ Archimedes.
22. “He who knows how to speak, knows also when.” ~ Archimedes.
23. “The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” ~ Archimedes.
So these were the 23 quotes by Archimedes.
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