This illustration dates to the late 1800s and shows the death of Archimedes (c. 212 ). Archimedes is considered one of the world’s master mathematicians. His mechanical inventions enabled his native city, Syracuse, to withstand a Roman siege for three years. When the city was finally stormed, the mathematician was so intent upon a problem, according to an historical account, that he heard nothing of the tumult. The Roman soldiers had been given special orders to spare and protect the renowned genius. But when a soldier, bursting in on him and asked questions, the sage’s only answer was a w
This illustration dates to the late 1800s and shows the death of Archimedes (c. 212 ). Archimedes is considered one of the world’s master mathematicians. His mechanical inventions enabled his native city, Syracuse, to withstand a Roman siege for three years. When the city was finally stormed, the mathematician was so intent upon a problem, according to an historical account, that he heard nothing of the tumult. The Roman soldiers had been given special orders to spare and protect the renowned genius. But when a soldier, bursting in on him and asked questions, the sage’s only answer was a warning not to disturb his diagrams. The soldier then killed him.
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