Author:Archimedes

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Archimedes
(c. 287 BCE – 212 BCE)

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of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης) Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

Works

The Works of Archimedes (1897) translated by T. L. Heath (transcription project)
On the Equilibrium of Planes (two volumes)
On the Measurement of a Circle
On Spirals
On the Sphere and the Cylinder (two volumes)
On Conoids and Spheroids
On Floating Bodies (two volumes)
The Quadrature of the Parabola
(O)stomachion
Archimedes' cattle problem
The Sand Reckoner

The Method of Mechanical Theorems

Apocryphal works

Book of Lemmas or Liber Assumptorum

Works about Archimedes

"Archimedes," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
“Archimedes,” in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, 1880
"Archimedes," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
Pierre Duhem's The Origins of Statics (1905), "Chapter I," discusses Archimedes' contributions to statics, the mechanical science that deals with forces in equilibrium.
Plutarch's "Life of Marcellus" tells how Archimedes defended Syracuse with military engineering.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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