Tag: Archimedes
How the value of Pi was discovered by a genius – You will be amazed!
I remember being introduced to Pi as a given. Something that I had to accept. An axiom that everyone had agreed with for thousands of years, so no one ever thought to explain where it came, how it was discovered and wether it had any relationship to anything else. To me it made no sense.…
Archimedes – the Man who invented the Death Ray
Archimedes lived over 2,000 years ago in Syracuse on the island of Sicily. He was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist, engineer and inventor. Many of his great inventions came about while defending Syracuse when it came under attack from the Romans. Click here for signed copies with free poster. The leader of the Roman army was…