Archimedes and the squaring of the parabola
Among the greatest mathematicians and scientists of the antiquity must remember Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC), disciple of the astronomer and mathematician Conon of Samos and continuer of the calculus of the Pythagoreans was able to apply the calculation also to the mechanics and to the hydrostatic reaching results that have influenced many technical and engineering works despite the demonstration method not quite rigorous that assumes that is already know the end of the results of his calculations to reach the complete solution. Notable is the work on floating bodies and the invention of "screw" for hydraulic works, then the calculations on the sphere and cylinder, the levers, the squaring of the parabola (the legendary burning mirrors).. He was killed roughly by a Roman soldier who questioned him and to which he refused to answer, continuing to study the his drawings and mathematical calculations.
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Date: 03/08/2010
 article n°: 1333
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