Archimedes (287-212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer. He is renowned for discovering principles such as buoyancy (Archimedes’ Principle), the lever (Archimedes’ Lever), and the screw pump (Archimedes’ Screw). He made significant contributions to geometry, developing methods akin to calculus for determining areas and volumes. Archimedes’ mathematical prowess extended to solving practical problems, like calculating the area under a parabolic segment. His influence on science and engineering is profound, laying foundations for subsequent developments. His untimely death during the Siege of Syracuse didn’t diminish his legacy, as his works continued to inspire generations of scholars and practitioners in various fields.

Archimedes Quotes

1. “Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.”
— Archimedes

2. “Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.”
— Archimedes

3. “Rise above oneself and grasp the world.”
— Archimedes

4. “Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.”
— Archimedes

5. “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”
— Archimedes

6. “Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse!”
— Archimedes

7. “The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.”
— Archimedes

8. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
— Archimedes

9. “There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.”
— Archimedes

10. “The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.”
— Archimedes

11. “The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth.”
— Archimedes

12. “Give me a place to stand, a lever long enough and a fulcrum. and I can move the Earth.”
— Archimedes

13. “Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.”
— Archimedes

14. “Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.”
— Archimedes

15. “The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater.”
— Archimedes

16. “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I will move the entire earth.”
— Archimedes

17. “Having been the discoverer of many splendid things, he is said to have asked his friends and relations that, after his death, they should place on his tomb a cylinder enclosing a sphere, writing on it the proportion of the containing solid to that which is contained.”
— Archimedes

18. “Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.”
— Archimedes

19. “How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!”
— Archimedes

20. “Give me a place outside the earth on which to rest my lever, and I will move the world. By Archimedes.”
— Archimedes

21. “Fellow, stand away from my diagram.”
— Archimedes