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Hace 4 días · Archimedes (born c. 287 bce, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]—died 212/211 bce, Syracuse) was the most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. He is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder.
- His Influence
Archimedes - Math, Physics, Engineering: Given the magnitude...
- Conon of Samos
Conon of Samos (flourished c. 245 bce, Alexandria) was a...
- Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes (born c. 276 bce, Cyrene, Libya—died c. 194...
- Hieron II
Hieron II (died 216/215 bce) was a tyrant and then king of...
- Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and...
- Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos (born c. 310 bce —died c. 230 bce) was...
- Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand,...
- Hipparchus
Hipparchus knew of two possible explanations for the Sun’s...
- His Influence
Hace 3 días · Archimedes of Syracuse (/ ˌ ɑːr k ɪ ˈ m iː d iː z / AR-kim-EE-deez; c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.
Hace 4 días · Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher. He and his mentor , Leucippus , are widely regarded as the first atomists in the Grecian tradition. Although Democritus reportedly wrote over 70 treatises, only a few hundred fragments have survived.
Hace 3 días · Socrates ( / ˈsɒkrətiːz /; [2] Greek: Σωκράτης; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
Hace 3 días · First, northeastern Greece is occupied by a stable block of ancient (Hercynian) hard rock. Second, younger and weaker rocks, the majority of which are of limestone origin, make up western and southern Greece.
Hace 1 día · In the absence of a sacred text, it was sculptural and graphic representation of the divine that made sanctuaries and temples in Greece and Rome theologically active places. But the need to experience god was not confined to these centers. Greek and Roman gods were everywhere—on coins, gems, drinking vessels, domestic wall paintings.
Hace 2 días · Ancient Greece is considered by many historians to be the foundational culture of Western civilization. Greek culture was a powerful influence in the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of Europe. ... Greece made a decisive contribution to the Allied efforts in World War II. At the start of the war, Greece sided with the ...