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Archimedes: Lever & Buoyancy
Archimedes founds statics with the law of the lever and buoyancy, the first exact physics with mathematical proof.
Open in the interactive tree →Archimedes of Syracuse (about 287 to 212 BC) derived the law of the lever and the buoyancy principle from geometric axioms. He computed centers of gravity, areas and volumes of circles and spheres with a method that anticipates integration. His approach, describe nature mathematically and prove it, set the pattern for physics.
Prerequisites
- Geometry (Euclid)~300 BC