Archimedes Archimedes was a brilliant scientist of the ancient world. He was famous for shouting “Eureka!” while running through the streets of Syracuse naked after discovering a scientific principle during a bath. Many people thinks he is the greatest scientist of the ancient world. And that’s why I’m writing about him. The actual birth date of Archimedes is unknown up to today. He was thought to be born on 287 B.C and died …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…Archimedes was there to clear it up after thousands of years of opinions. He drew this: He said that if the circle inside have a diameter of one, it will have a circumference of pi. The little square inside has a perimeter or the square root of eight, about 2.8. the other square has a perimeter of 4. So pi must lie between 4 and 2.8. All I can say is that Archimedes work amazes me more than anything.