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“Eureka! Eureka! Supposed to have been his cry, jumping naked from his bath and running in the streets, excited by a discovery about water displacement to solve a problem about the purity of a gold crown.”

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Archimedes was a great ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, considered one of the greatest mathematicians in the history of mathematics. His work has had a profound impact on science, particularly in the fields of mathematics, physics, and engineering. more

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