Who was Archimedes? To begin, Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Italy. He was a Mathematician, a Physicist, an Inventor, and an Astronomer. Considered not only one of the greatest Mathematicians of his time, but of all time, his contributions to the field were many. He gave a numerical approximation of pi, found an equation for the circumference of a circle, found an equation for the area of a circle, developed the Archimedean property, found the volume of a sphere, and even proposed an estimate of the number of grains of sand that would fill the universe - and these were only his contributions to Mathematics. Archimedes was born in Syracuse, studied in Alexandria, and then returned to Syracuse to continue his work. He died around the age of 75 during the Second Punic War. Syracuse held against the siege of the Romans for 2 years before finally falling, and Archimedes played no small role in that. Due to his contributions, the Roman commander had great respect for...